Friends Bond yields fell some today, and then stocks fell some today. That’s been the pattern for several days- if rates rise so do stocks, and when rates fall stocks fall with them. The stock and bond market have been telling different stories for years now, but at the...
Friends Stocks had a nice opening this morning and basically held those gains for the rest of the trading session. For the bulls, this was a nice follow through to late last week’s rally. The catalyst this morning, similar to last Thursday and Friday, was interest rates ticking up...
Friends Stocks got off to a nice start this morning and basically held serve for the remaining of the trading session. The main catalyst for the rally appeared to be the slight move upward in interest rates, easing the consternation that market participants were feeling about plunging interest rates...
Friends Stocks went up today, then they went down today, then they went up today- well, you get the picture. Actually, a super earnings release from Walmart helped turn what looked like a negative open this morning into a positive one. Of course, Macy’s disastrous report yesterday caused pundits...
Friends Stocks took a beating today fueled by lousy economic numbers overnight in Germany and China, and a yield curve inversion in the closely watched 2/10 year Treasury note spread. Now, late in the day the actual spread is not inverted (the 2 year is at 1.58% while the...
Friends Well, we’re off and running on what looks like another challenging week; difficulties in Argentina, plunging bond yields, problems in Hong Kong, plunging corn and soybean prices, and a general negative vibe helped send stock prices down at the open, and the losses mounted as the trading session...
Friends How about that! Despite all the hand wringing and gloom and doom, someone decided to buy stocks today. That’s right; stocks enjoyed a nice advance, as the bulls seemed to gain confidence little by little throughout the trading session. Yes, dividend yielders did fine (that’s the go to...
Friends It is summer, and roller coasters are really popular in the summer. Unfortunately, I’m not very fond of roller coasters, and particularly when they appear in the stock market. Today was a doozy. Responding to tumbling interest rates around the globe, stocks took a nose dive early this...
Friends When moments like this happen in the markets, it’s always good to take a breath and remember what your game plan is and what you are trying to accomplish. To that end, we want to continue to make sure that our asset mix (stocks vs bonds) provides the...
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