After closing at a post-recovery high on Tuesday of last week, the market headed south the next three days as investors assessed the impact of the Federal Reserve’s latest missive and digested some less exuberant economic data. ....read more

On Wednesday of last week, the S&P 500 index reached a milestone that has occurred only three other times since World War II. ....read more

Rarely do you see a headline in a mainstream newspaper containing the three words, “Yale,” “Harvard,” and “Losers,” but that’s exactly what happened last week in The Wall Street Journal. ....read more

The 2000s are turning into a lost decade for investors and for jobs. ....read more

Even though the 4th of July was about two months ago, we may see some fireworks in the financial markets over the next few months. ....read more

An extremely weak real estate market helped lead us into this financial crisis. Could a strong real estate market help lead us out? Possibly. ....read more

Like a winded mountain climber approaching 25,000 feet, the domestic stock market took a breather last week after several weeks of strong gains. ....read more

Jobs are starting to come back. Corporate earnings are stabilizing. Now, it is up to the consumer to do their part – and that means start spending. ....read more

Here we go again making another comparison to The Great Depression. Only this time, it’s a positive comparison. ....read more