April 15, 2012 Greetings All: As an investment community we still remain suspect. How can the market have the best quarterly performance since 1998 with a National debt at the highest it has ever been, a political machine running on “un-greased” bearings, unemployment still at a very high level and no clear picture from our .. read more
January 09, 2012 Greetings All: The New Year has begun and on a good note as we had a nice upward market move on January 3rd and several reported and notable economic indicators are also showing improvement; the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported its manufacturing index rose to 53.9 in December (the best result .. read more
Greetings All: I must start off this quarter by recognizing the patience and calm that my clients have demonstrated this last quarter, specifically since the big downgrade by Standard and Poors (S&P) of US Treasury Debt late in the evening of Friday August 5th. That downgrade followed a week in the market that saw .. read more
Greetings All: It was June 14th and I sat at my desk, opened up my financial website and here is what I read, “May Retail Sales Post First Drop in 11 Months”, “Wholesale prices rise at slowest pace in 10 months”, “Minnesota government shutdown looming” and “Stocks set to rise after economic data”! The .. read more