Oct 23, 20232 min read
The Israel-Hamas War: Short-Term Fluctuations vs. Long-Term Investment Strategy
The escalating confrontations between Hamas and Israel are causing understandable concern worldwide. A recent PBS/NPR survey revealed...
Dec 8, 20223 min read
Why Energy Stocks Decoupled from Crude Oil Price
Energy stocks (represented by the S&P 500’s Energy subindex) rose in the six months ending November 20, 2022, despite a massive drop in...
Nov 8, 20223 min read
A Good Entry Point for Income Investors
The Fed’s muscular effort to bring inflation under control has had repercussions across the investment spectrum. For example, one...
Sep 30, 20225 min read
ESG vs. anti-ESG: BlackRock in the cross hairs
Critics of BlackRock are urging investors to avoid funds offered by the investment management firm, the world’s largest. This effort is...
Sep 21, 20224 min read
Why you should not listen to the Doomsayers.
Every so often, on CNBC or in the Wall Street Journal, some investment luminary declares that it is time to get out of the market. The...
Sep 14, 20222 min read
3 Reasons Why You Must Not Panic
On September 13, August's US Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers were released. Inflation had been widely viewed as moderating, but the...
Jul 26, 20221 min read
Why We Are Ready to Say Goodbye to Gold
Gold is viewed by many as one of the main hedges against inflation. With the Consumer Price Index up 9.1% year-over-year in June and gold...
Jun 16, 20223 min read
What to Expect During a Bear Market
The stock market officially entered bear market territory on Monday, June 13, according to the conventional definition of a 20% decline...
Jun 12, 20224 min read
How to Navigate a Bear Market
The conventional definition of a bear market is a drop of 20% from its peak. Therefore, even though the S&P 500 is down by 18.6% since...
Mar 8, 20223 min read
Why we are not "buying the dip"
The trifecta of inflation, higher interest rates, and the War against Ukraine has pushed the US equity market into a correction (a...
