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Buy the Dips AND Sell the Rips?

March certainly did not disappoint. Right on cue, it delivered the much-anticipated correction we wrote about in last month’s newsletter.

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A Wall of Worry

It is often said the stock market likes to climb a wall of worry, meaning once the bearish investors have been shaken out of the market, the remaining ones are bullish and will keep buying stocks, pushing prices higher…

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Year-End Review and 2025 Market Outlook

At midnight on Tuesday, December 31st, the almost 12,000-pound crystal ball will descend in New York City’s Times Square to mark the end of 2024 and the arrival of the new year…

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Post Election Market Analysis

The 2024 US elections are behind us and as usual, about one-third of the electorate is happy, one-third is unhappy, and one-third couldn’t care less…

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Not so Spooky October

Despite October’s well-deserved reputation as the worst month of the year for stock markets, this October was pretty uneventful…

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A Bit of Everything

Within the investment world, quiet and boring is actually a desirable environment…

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Field of Dreams

Ever since humans first started transacting with each other, exchanging their goods necessitated an agreement over the “terms of trade”…

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March Madness

The first quarter of 2024 was marked by equity markets moving higher on the backs of the seven largest companies…

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Markets are Non-Linear

The end of the year is traditionally a good time to look back and reflect on important market developments…

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