Friends   I hope you were able to join us today for our webinar where we discussed the tariffs, the markets, and what investors are doing at the moment. As for today’s market action, it was another wild ride. We saw stocks fall nearly 5% at the open only to rally all...

Friends   It was another dramatic day for the markets. Stocks plummeted once again as market participants are selling first and asking questions later. Will all this descend into a worldwide trade war? Will all of this cause a global recession? Investors are...

Friends   The market was a hot mess today. Responding to the President’s harder than expected line on tariffs, futures tumbled overnight, and stocks plummeted at the open. Market participants might have priced in a more moderate approach to tariffs, but they did...

Friends   We are going to hear the President’s plans for tariffs this afternoon, but before that we had an ADP private payroll number this morning and the employment picture remains strong with 155,000 payrolls added vs the 120,000 expected. Stocks began the day...

Friends   It was a real choppy day for the market averages as losses reversed to gains, then gains slid back into losses and back and forth we went. In the end the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were able to post gains while the Dow finished in negative territory. We...

Friends   Stocks saw a wonderful reversal today as early morning weakness was bought by market participants moving stocks nicely higher by the close of trading (other than Nasdaq which still remained in negative territory). On a technical basis, stocks tested the...

Friends   It was a difficult day for stocks. We got the Fed’s favorite inflation indicator this morning, the core personal income expenditures (PCE), and it came in a little hotter than expected. Surprisingly, bonds rallied after the release as yields fell a full...

Friends   After an early day selloff, stocks did recover some as the trading session wore on, actually breaking into positive territory before selling off again near the close. The President announced 25% tariffs on cars not made in the U. S., but we might be coming...

Friends   Stocks were choppy today as the bulls had a difficult time overcoming the Conference Board’s consumer confidence reading which was the lowest in 12 years, showing consumers’ concerns about the economy and the labor market. Respondents also have become...

Friends   Stocks got off to a great start for the week as traders were encouraged to hear the President soften his stance on upcoming tariffs. Of course, this is a very fluid situation and can change from moment to moment. But market participants were looking for...

Friends   The markets looked to be in a foul mood as the trading session began this morning, but comments from the President midday about some flexibility with regards to tariffs helped to ease the pain a bit and stocks did recover some from the morning lows....

Friends   Stocks were unable to add to yesterday's gains as trading was rather quiet on this day after the Fed meeting. It appears that market participants are still mainly concerned about tariffs which are scheduled to be introduced on April 2nd. Though I was...

Friends   As expected, the Fed did not change interest rates today, but they did change the rate of run off of their balance sheet. In other words, they lightened up a little bit on their quantitative tightening process leaving more liquidity in the system on a...

Friends   Stocks got off to a good start for the week and now we have had two nice up days in a row after last Friday’s rally. Again, was that it, a 10% correction and now we are off to races? Probably not. But, as I mentioned Friday, it’s nice to see stocks go...

Friends   As we expected, stocks were so oversold we were due for some type of rally. Despite this morning’s weak consumer sentiment number, stocks seemed relieved that we didn’t have tariff talk during the trading session. Is the coast clear? No, we still likely...