There’s more to market patterns than “sell in May and go away”
Stock market returns should – and will – ultimately reflect the underlying economy, particularly the level of interest rates and corporate earnings, which means, among other things, that the calendar, Gregorian or otherwise, should have no impact whatsoever on performance. Yet, with that written, most…
“Fixer Upper” may have gone away, but housing has come back!
America’s favorite home improvement program, “Fixer Upper” starring Chip and Joanna Gaines, may have gone away, but housing has come back, and that’s a big deal for the US economy. Most folks understand housing was at the epicenter of the Great Recession, but many may…
The power of place
This won’t be pleasant but pause and think for a moment about the last time you behaved in a way that you weren’t proud of. Perhaps you were impatient with your children, gave a one-fingered salute to an inconsiderate motorist, or worse, maybe you said…
Earnings yield – What it is and what it says about stocks today
We would argue the most popular way to value individual stocks and the stock market is using earnings, with investors taking what a company or the market has earned (“reported earnings”) or what a company or the companies that make up the market are expected…
Cue UB40 – The US unemployment rate is worth singing about!
The US unemployment rate is worth singing about, with the widely followed and reported upon Household Survey Unemployment Rate (also known as U3) coming in at 3.6% in October, up ever so slightly from its 50-year low of 3.5% in September. For those who question…
Uninvert – to restore from an inverted state; to turn the right way round again
Truth be told, we are not certain “uninvert” is even a word. A Google search for uninvert led us to the website Wiktionary and the definition in our headline above, while a search on the Merriam-Webster website informed us uninvert was not to be found…
The upside of being rejected
Dealing with rejection is never easy. Well, unless you’re Lloyd in Dumb & Dumber and you’re so delusional you can’t appreciate you are being rejected, which, when one considers it, might not be such a bad way to go through life. That said, let’s pivot…
Should I be worried? An investor litmus test
As a child, I remember seeing my mother’s wooden plaque of The Serenity Prayer that she kept above our kitchen sink. For those not familiar with this popular prayer, it reads: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage…