Friends What a difference a week makes. For that matter, what a difference a few days makes. Last Friday a grumpy Mr. Market let us know that he meant business. After a handful of earnings reports, which began with Alcoa and mixed in a couple of banks such as Bank of...

Friends The rating agency S&P reaffirmed the United States debt rating at AAA this morning, but put the U. S. on a negative credit watch. What does this mean? Well, if the folks in Washington don’t address the mounting debt problems in this country then the inevitable...

Friends, Mr. Market seems a bit grumpy these past several days. Earnings season has begun, and it sure looks like companies are going to have a difficult time pleasing traders over the next couple of weeks. Hitting your numbers is simply not going to be good enough...