Summer is state fair season. If you are headed out to one look for some of these treats: caviar-covered Twinkie (Minnesota), Mac-and-cheese cupcake (Minnesota), deep-fried Oreo burger (Florida), deep-fried gummy bears (Ohio), deep-fried beer (Texas) — and old favorites such as chicken-fried bacon (Texas), spaghetti ice cream (Indiana), Krispy Kreme…
By Frank Fahey ““Never was anything great achieved without danger.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli Equities and commodities suffered at the hands of a global sell-off. US equity markets, with the exception of the technology laden NDX, lost 2 – 3%. Week earnings and dismal Chinese manufacturing numbers added to the selling pressure.…
By Steve Papale Still July. Seems like summer has barely started, especially here in the Midwest. Been rainy and cool mostly. But maybe partly because of the lousy weather attention is beginning to turn toward football. Training camps start in a week. All the teams are undefeated right now. Even…
By Frank Fahey “Good Risk Management fosters vigilance in times of calm and instills discipline in times of crisis.” Dr. Michael Ong A confluence of domestic and international factors led to a rally in US equities last week. The Greek government capitulated to the ECB and Eurozone finance ministers. This…
By Steve Papale I am a fan of Batman. Not the movies, although I did enjoy some. I’m talking about the original TV series back in the 60’s. It seems however a group called the Automobile Legal Association was not too happy about the way Batman drove around in those…
By Frank Fahey “We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy, and to be greedy when others are fearful.” Warren Buffett A comparison of this week’s closing prices compared to the closing prices of the previous week masks the underlying chaos of the trading week. A review of…
By Steve Papale Now I’m an animal lover. We have had dogs and a few cats (those belong to my kids) and even a couple hamsters (not sure what ever happened to them). But here’s one about a guy who really loves his…goldfish. It seems he recently paid $500 for…
By Frank Fahey “It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually.” Abraham Maslow US markets were closed on Friday in honor of Independence Day. The…
By Steve Papale Tomorrow US markets are closed in observation of Independence Day. In the spirit of being a full service education provider, I have one trivia question to offer up today. The smallest park in the world is located in Portland, OR. Question- True or False? The total size…
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