INSIGHTS
AUG
22
COSTA’S CORNER
“I'm late, I'm late for A very important date. No time to say hello, good-bye, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late” I know, I know, I may have used that little ditty before but once again, I feel we are in some Alice in Wonderland moment and there is no getting out of the rabbit hole. Everything you read nowadays seems to have been written before and ...
AUG
6
COSTA’S CORNER
Now what? Whew! What a shock that was that Trump’s Treasury Dept charged China with manipulating its currency. Something we haven’t seen in at least 30 years and the effects roared through markets quickly. In the long term does it really matter? I say no. You will have some short term repercussions as both sides work out a way to stabilize...
JUL
29
COSTA’S CORNER
“Will it go round in circles, will it fly high like a bird up in the sky Will it go round in circles, will it fly high like a bird up in the sky” Thanks to Billy Preston for this mornings’ lyrics. The World does go around in circles and with that, so does the economy. This week the Fed is meeting and will decide about the direction of i...
JUL
10
COSTA’S CORNER
So many stories, so little time to tell them. Today, for a slow summer Wednesday, has an unusually large number of interesting situations. You have President Trump putting pressure on the Brits to take out their Ambassador to the US. You have Jerome Powell speaking before Congress and the investment World will sit and pick apart every word. Earth...
JUL
8
COSTA’S CORNER
“One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind” Even though the anniversary of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon is still a week or so away I think a little reminiscing is in order. For me, as a twelve year old, it truly was an amazing experience, witnessing the first steps on a new World. I still remember watching the first Moon w...