The strength we have seen in the equity markets while not very surprising still makes you want to scratch your head. The tapering will be coming soon and that supposed crutch we have all been leaning on will slowly be pulled away. That should be reason enough for most investors to precede with caution but few have. Mixed signals abound and yet t...

As any follower of this column knows, we don’t really take hard line political stands very often. We tend to favor the moderate approach and give the powers that be, some latitude. “It’s not an easy job, we wouldn’t want to do it”, is our motto. We aren’t afraid to take those powers to task but we always remember that motto. The Pre...

A week to forget, or we should just say, forget this week. When historians look back they won’t find much in the way of economic news. News that helps move entire markets. There just is a lack of anything important going on right now and markets are reacting like it. Little movement, no volume seems to be the story line. We did see WalMart (W...

The focus continues to be on the long awaited Fed tapering and the comments from various Fed governor's about it. One says its due to start soon, another sees it being a longer process than originally planned. We say, just get on with it! The money is in the system. The banks are using it as you would expect them to use it: to help their bottom ...

The summer trading period has officially begun. With several notable items to digest this past week, nothing seemed to excite investor’s interest and we meekly closed at yet another all-time high on the S&P. Chairman Bernanke gave some foundation to the market as he again expressed the Fed’s willingness to do what it has to do to help the eco...