Like many of you (and 22 million other people, according to CNN), I watched last week’s Republican presidential candidate debate. Even at nearly three hours in length it didn’t leave much enough for any of the eleven participants to delve into substantive dialogue, but I was intrigued by an exchange… Read More

Worried that the Fed may go ahead an raise interest rates later this week, even in the face of deteriorating economic news out of China and tepid results from the ECB’s version of central bank intervention? If so, then you may want to focus on stocks that should be mostly… Read More

With oil prices heading upward, the worst could be behind us. Read More

It is often said that the stock market “climbs a wall of worry”, meaning that a little bad news is necessary to keep investors from becoming overly optimistic and bidding the market up to unsustainable heights. But there also needs to be enough good news to convince investors that everything will… Read More

The Fed's decision to increase rates may hinge on the August employment report. Read More

Quite frankly, we are not disappointed to see last week’s stock market plunge once again call into question the advisability of owning so-called “momentum stocks.” The tech sector stopped being dependent on momentum a long time ago, but it seems only now are some investors getting that memo based on… Read More