The Silver Lining to the Correction
It has been a painful start to the year for equity investors. The S&P 500 is down 10% YTD and the smaller Russell 2000...
The Fright of Squandered Capital
In the December issue of Intelligence Report, Dick Young wrote about helping investors protect and preserve their capital acquired over a lifetime.
My focus, first...
Recession Here
The latest industrial production numbers were released this morning and they came in below estimates with the prior month revised down. The year-to-year rate...
Transportation Index in a Bear Market
Over the last year, the Dow Jones Transportation index is down over 20 percent. The Transports index is loaded with companies that move goods...
Transports Signal Trouble
Transportation stocks tend to be a leading economic indicator. The theory goes that before you can sell the goods you have to move the...
Turn $200 into $7 million
A client shared this story with me last week: In 1935 Grace Groner purchased three shares of company stock in Abbott Labs. 75 years...
The Monday Melee: How Low Will Oil Fall?
Morgan Stanley Analysts Predict $20 Oil
Brent Crude Drops Below 2008 Lows
Prices Near $31/Barrel Today
Nicole Friedman writes in The Wall Street Journal:
Brent, the global benchmark,...
These Commodities are Cheap
The bloodbath in energy and materials sectors of the economy has pushed the real (inflation-adjusted) price of some commodities to multi-decade lows. Aluminum prices...
The Year of the Speculator
If you are a serious long-term investor you are no doubt delighted to bid 2015 adieu. Last year was without question a year that...
Stock Market on Day One: 2016
Take a look at the first day of trading for 2016 and you’ll see the power counterbalancing can have on your portfolio. This is...