Friends With the hope that some dialogue might be happening this afternoon among members of the house, and the nomination of punch bowl enthusiast Janet Yellen by the President for next Fed Chairwomen, stocks recovered from earlier losses to post gains for the first...

Friends The market is doing what the market is known to do in these situations. It’s shouting to Washington D.C. loud and clear. Get something done about the government shutdown and threatened default. Frankly, I am a little surprised it took the market this long to...

Friends Well, the war of words and threats continue, and that’s not even Texan’s fans discussing the fate of Matt Schaub. Yes, the political theatre is likely to be upon us for the next couple of weeks, and stocks will be subject to headline risk. After the acrimony...

Friends The markets tried to shake off all the political wrangling and posted nice gains in the market averages as traders seemed to be looking to do some bargain hunting. With no non-farm payroll report to consider, the coming earnings season is pretty much all there...

Friends Wow, what a crazy day. A car trying to ram a White House gate, shots fired in front of the capital, the women driver shot, and a baby in the car. As of this writing this is what we are hearing, but add this to the other political craziness in Washington D.C....

Friends Well, yesterday, traders didn’t seem to take the first day of the government shutdown very serious. Today, with the feeling that this could go on for a while, traders were a little more negative about the whole situation. How can investors be blamed for...