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I have been around the stock market and investing in stocks for over 60 years. I began my career in the investment business as a retail broker in 1970 with Kansas City based H. O. Peet. Peet was acquired in 1978 by Kidder, Peabody. With the merger I moved his business to the institutional ...more

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"If I Ever Got Impeached, I Think The Market Would Crash"
The media is beginning to chirp about the market being affected by the president's deepening legal woes as a negative for stocks and his statement that ties market success or failure to his remaining in office
The 'Humpty Dumpty' Syndrome
The United States stock market and world economy are today’s versions of Humpty Dumpty, and the punditry and the media are beside themselves with worry over when these precariously perched eggs will fall.
What Could Really Tank This Market?
To see the real factors that might cause the first real break we’ve seen in this market in years you have look backward.
Trust Me, Inflation And Higher Interest Rates Are Good For Stocks…
Most central banks, including the Fed, have been on a mission to re-stimulate some inflation.
Trade Wars, Fed Tightening And The Fine Art Of Deflection
With the first salvos being fired in a potential Sino-American trade war, the Fed boosting the funds rate another quarter point and the president stirring the pot in what appears to be his own war of deflection, what’s an investor to do?
Another Fed Freak-Out
Or, should I say, mini freak-out? After all the Dow Jones Industrials and S&P 500 indices were only down 299 and 35 points respectively (a mere 1.16% and 1.27%).
The Real Cause Of Stocks’ Big Stumble
Barron's says it had little to do with those ‘financial weapons of mass destruction’ (ETFs and notes), derivative securities, created to bet against volatility). In his opinion it is all about monetary policy. But there's a problem with that theory.
Things To Obsess On In The New Year!
We all know that higher inflation, and the higher interest rates that will ensue, will destroy the market.
The Fed Minutes — Another ‘irrational Exuberance’ Moment
reenspan was right about irrational exuberance working its way into the market. He was just a few years early.
“Yellen’s Surprise Comments Jolt Bond Market”
The unwinding of Quantitative Easing (QE) is to be very gradual, so as to not roil the markets (bond or stock). This is a continuation of the cautious, data-dependent Fed policy that has been in place for years.
Fed Balance Sheet Shrink: Big Problem Or Non-Event?
Said another way, QE at $4 billion per day represents little more than 1/2 of 1 percent of incremental demand for longer-term government and agency MBS securities.
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