“Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch It was a very quiet shortened trading week. The small cap dominated Russell 2000 was the week’s star performer. The RUT gained nearly 2.5% while the other major trading indices hovered around unchanged. The highlight of the week was the “fear” created…
By Steve Papale Happy Turkey Day. Every year I have the brilliant idea that most people are preoccupied with other things on this day and long weekend like food and football and family so I usually skip the options stuff and throw out some Thanksgiving trivia. Enjoy. In 1953, the…
By Steve Papale Rocky is back. Yep. The next installment of the Rocky saga is out. Now I liked the original back in 1976. I liked Rocky ll. Rocky lll started losing me a bit. I pretty much shut down after Rocky lV and never watched the others. I think…
By Frank Fahey “Got no checkbooks, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I’ve got the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night.” ― Irving Berlin Equity indexes showed steady gains throughout the week. The gains continued throughout the week plowing through fears of further…
By Frank Fahey “The fact that people will be full of greed, fear or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable.” – Warren Buffet Bad news was finally bad news last week. Weak earnings reports from retailers – Macy’s and Nordstrom’s – combined with lower than expected October retail sales…
By Steve Papale I’m just not feeling it today Dad. Those are the words my 16 year old told me this morning as he was getting ready for school. Just not feeling the school mojo I guess. He was just trying to get a response from me. Said it with…
By Frank Fahey “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin The small cap heavy Russell 2000 (RUT) led the indexes with a gain of 3.51% for the week. The other major indexes showed gains of 1% to 1.5%. Friday’s market performance was mixed with large caps…
By Frank Fahey “Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.” – Kenneth Boulding The big news for last week was the Fed’s announcement they were leaving Fed short-term rates at zero. Their press release specifically mentioned a…
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