By Steve Papale The obvious thing I should write here is something about its been a great 2015 and happy 2016, best wishes, health, happiness, love, etc. Well I could say all that but instead I’ll just say “Felice Anno Nuevo” and “avere un benedetto 2016” and finally “migliori auguri…
By Frank Fahey “If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention.” – Tom Peters Equities rallied 2% – 3% during the shortened trading week. The rally was led by short covering stimulated by a 9% rally in crude oil prices. Energy stocks rallied over 5% in response to the rally…
By Steve Papale Its Christmas in the Midwest. Traditionally that means cold, dark, sometimes snow. That’s ok. I’m a big fan of a white Christmas. Well maybe its El Nino. Or maybe global warming. Or just random warm weather. But running around today getting last minute stuff I threw on…
By Frank Fahey “If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention.” – Tom Peters Volatility continues to be a hallmark of this market. A cursory view of the week to week movement in indices (I am aware the plural of index is indices. The financial community has generally adopted usage…
By Steve Papale I don’t watch much WFC. I know Rhonda Rousey is everywhere and that she lost to what is called the greatest upset in WFC history to Holly Holm last month. When I do catch some of it, it always seems to be a couple of guys or…
By Steve Papale 23-0. Golden State knows basketball. That’s the record so far this year. If you count the last 4 games from last year, make it 27-0. These guys are good. But the 2012-13 Miami Heat were good too, winning 27 straight during the season. And of course the…
By Frank Fahey “A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.” – Herbert Hoover It was anything but a quiet week. One financial pundit described it as stomach churning. During the day on Wednesday the US equities were up around 0.7%. The indexes tumble nearly 3.0%…
By Steve Papale In my mind I’m 35 but my knees scream 56. Played basketball the other night as I always do on Wednesday with my 16 and 14 year old boys. They’re big and fast and strong. Me not so much. I still remember how I could play with…
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