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Our expectations of a stock market yearend rally were modest due to waning retail sales and consumer confidence reported in October.  As it turned out, the yearend rally exceeded our and most expectations as institutional investors added stocks to their portfolios that rallied the S&P 500 by 17% and NASDAQ by 23% since

Yesterday was Christmas and already it seems like it was yesterday.  We are fortunate to have seven of our ten grandkids living close to us.  As a result, we had a full house with all day activities with kids and adults that concluded with an amazing Christmas dinner with my wife as head chef.   Read more about our day

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today the slow continual decline in job openings that remains at historic high levels. Meanwhile, unemployment remains at multi-decade low levels. How can businesses have record job openings while those collecting unemployment are at record low levels? Where are the workers and h

With Thanksgiving quickly approaching (along with friends and families), we take a look at how inflation is impacting the country and especially the cost of Thanksgiving dinner.  Listen in this Weekly Brief our review of several economic indicators to determine if the economy is slowing or growing as we enter the last

Explore the market's triumphant week with our latest financial briefing. Discover how small and mid-cap indices like the SP600 and SP400 outshone their larger counterparts, signaling a strategic shift as investors hunt for value in underperformers. Unpack the surprising three-year lag of the tech-heavy NASDAQ and its h

The stock market is always moving as investors adjust their portfolios to their perspective of the economy and their stock holdings.  The result is the actual value of stocks are rarely held as prices fluctuate above and below the actual value.  The key to building wealth is achieving sustainable and consistent yearly