November 14th, 2025
Congress finally agreed this week to end the longest government shutdown in US history. The market celebration early in the week was short-lived as nervous investors just couldn’t get past a couple of clouds presently hanging over the markets. First…
October 31st, 2025
As of Friday morning, both stocks and bonds are wrapping up another positive month as we head into year-end and the holiday season. The Fed met this week and cut interest rates another 0.25%, but comments from Fed Chair Powell…
October 24th, 2025
Stocks had a strong week this week as 3rd quarter earnings for US companies have been solid. Oil prices spiked higher this week after President Trump sanctioned Russia’s two largest oil companies (Rosneft and Lukoil) in an effort to bring…
October 17th, 2025
Recently, China has moved to tighten its rules controlling exports of its rare earth minerals. As access to these elements are critical for the US and other western economies, President Trump responded to the proposed restrictions last Friday with a…
October 10th, 2025
Major stock indices remain near all-time highs this week as the government shutdown continues. Also, gold crossed $4,000 per ounce for the first time this week, an increase of over 50% from its price at the beginning of the year. …
October 3rd, 2025
Stocks are shrugging off concerns over the US government shutdown that began this week. This can continue as long as the shutdown doesn’t last too long, but after a couple of weeks investors may become nervous. Markets are essentially “flying…
September 19th, 2025
A common question lately is, “Why does the stock market keep going up if the economy is slowing down?” No doubt part of it is the boom of artificial intelligence (AI), but it’s more than just that. Let’s start with…
September 5th, 2025
The markets received some key data Friday morning as the August jobs report was released. It showed that the US economy created fewer jobs than expected – just 22,000 versus a forecast of 75,000. This is a continuation of a…
August 29th, 2025
As of Thursday evening, it looks like August will finish as a good month for the markets. Although bonds were relatively flat (corporate bonds in pink and gov’t bonds in blue), major equity indices were generally positive, led by international…
August 22nd, 2025
Markets have been in a holding pattern for the past 30 days as we coast towards the end of summer and the Labor Day weekend. The year-to-date Dow Jones Industrial Average, representing the US stock market, is in blue and…
