Hold the Presses!!! (just after 7 am EST) Pfizer just announced a vaccine that is 90% effective! Is this the beginning of the end, after we...
Post-Election Monday
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2020: A Year Like No Other
Only three months to go! We are finally getting to the back stretch of this ‘annus horribilis,’ the Latin term made famous in the modern era by...
Déjà vu one more time…
This is getting to be a habit. Like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day[1], I keep waking up to what seems like the same situation, only different. There...
Apple, Gold, the $ and Inflation
Apple’s stock price is up about 50% year-to-date, quite a remarkable achievement for the world’s largest company. In fact, it has more than doubled...
Domestic Violence and COVID-19
Recently a number of articles have been published that discuss the rise in domestic violence (DV) during the shelter-in-place order. Many people do...
Too much togetherness during COVID-19: A Q&A with an experienced marriage and family therapist
We’ve all heard about the rise in divorce that is expected following the forced togetherness imposed on spouses, partners, and significant others by...
Greater Capitalism
The second quarter was the best quarter for the S&P 500 since 1998, up more than 20%[1] since the end of March. Small caps were up more than...
A Cautiously Optimistic Economic View From Mohamed El-Erian
It seems every week brings news, and during this difficult period, it is not a bad idea to check in more frequently. We have mentioned Mohamed...
Another interesting day!
Another interesting day, yesterday! How are you doing? We started the day with some exciting news. Moderna announced positive results for the first...
Why Is the Stock Market Rallying When the Economy Is So Bad?
I have been reading this article from The Wall Street Journal for a week or more, updated as the market continues to rise. A client also sent it to...