All Trumped Up
A recurring theme you’ve heard from us is that stocks take their longer-term cues from what’s happening to corporate profits and expectations of corporate profits, how the economy is expected to perform (which supports profits), and what’s happening to interest rates. But shorter term, any number of events or issues can creep on to the […]
Read ArticleHow Should Trump’s Election Affect Your Financial Plan in 2017?
Since Trump’s election, a lot of people are wondering if their financial plan needs amending. The concern is warranted. The biggest theme underlying a Trump presidency is that we don’t know what to expect on so many fronts. Lots of things are still playing out. Information is still developing. When calculating probabilities based on complex […]
Read ArticleDewey Beats Truman!
Post by Christopher Van Slyke In the biggest election upset since 1948, Donald Trump has won the presidency. You are advised to prepare for a possible wild ride in the investment markets. It is helpful to remember that these potential market gyrations are almost always bad times to trade, and particularly to sell. We have months […]
Read ArticleThe Final Countdown
We always caution against watching stocks on a daily basis, because it’s too easy to get caught up in the daily volatility that inevitably will occur. If we go back to last summer’s late August swoon, it might have been tempting to bail when shares were near their bottom and financial reports bordered on hysteria. […]
Read ArticleThe Elephant in the Room and a European Bank
September has come and gone and we have exited the month following a period of unusual complacency, which is Wall Street speak for days upon days when the major market indices trade within an unusually narrow range. Recall that last month we quoted a piece from LPL Research pointing out that the S&P 500 range […]
Read ArticleThe Morgan Report 2016 Q3: Presidential Aspirations
Presidential aspirations? I have none. It’s very fulfilling helping families and business owners with their lives and I would not want to give that up to participate in a political system that is ripe with conflicts of interest. I have been approached to run for office, but my response is that I would be a […]
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