July 2017

by | Jul 1, 2017 | Tidbit

In April’s Tidbit I wrote of climbing the wall of worry. It seems that wall is steepening with each passing day and the media noise does little to lessen fears. That said expect a continuance of up and down weeks on Wall Street while keeping in mind market...

June 2017

by | Jun 5, 2017 | Tidbit

Unemployment is 4.3%. Since 2013, more stocks are trading at higher prices than those trading at lower prices. Any fly’s in the ointment? Other risks aside, Government debt including entitlements and pension obligations could trip up this bull.

May 2017

by | May 1, 2017 | Tidbit

The good news, Q1 earnings have been and continue to come in strong. Revenues are beating estimates and Trump is pushing to slash corporate taxes to 15%. And then there’s news of the US Military moving naval defenses into the Korean peninsula and Russian built bombs...

April 2017

by | Apr 1, 2017 | Tidbit

Seems the wall of worry continues to steepen with each passing week of 2017. Understanding what you own, using asset classes in combinations that reflect individual risk tolerance and knowing your investment time horizon should help lessen that wall of worry. With...

March 2017

by | Mar 7, 2017 | Tidbit

Market volatility readings continue to hover at or near historic lows which seems to support the continuance of extreme bullish market sentiment. Yet the Dow and S&P indexes look a bit over-bought right now. It wouldn’t be surprising if the stock market took a...

February 2017

by | Feb 15, 2017 | Tidbit

Investor confidence continues to rise on the expectations of tax reform and infrastructure spending. The latest Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and Purchasing Manufactures Index (PMI) report shows broad improvement almost across the board from various...