Insights

July 27, 2025 HEAVY WEEK OF CELEBRITY DEATHS: Over the past week, the world lost of lot of talent in the entertainment world: ...

July 20, 2025 INFLATION RISES A BIT: In June, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.3%. The 12-month inflation rate rose to...

July 13, 2025 LITTLE MOVEMENT: In another week of tariff threats, the week ended close to where it began, near record highs. On Friday,...

July 6, 2025 THE "BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL": Congress finally passed, and President Trump signed into law, the bill officially known as the...

June 29, 2025 THE STOCK MARKET IS UNPREDICTABLE: On Monday morning, I was in an internal investment committee meeting. One of the CFAs...

June 22, 2025 STOCK PRICES HOLD:   Investors were watching the Middle East all week as the market, during a holiday-shortened week, did...

June 15, 2025 BIG, MOSTLY BAD, NEWS WEEK: The week before last, the big news was a public feud between the President of the United...

June 8, 2025 JOB GROWTH SLOWS A BIT:  In May, the U.S. economy added 139,000 new jobs, a little less than last month.  Government jobs...

June 1, 2025 U.S. INFLATION: The Fed's preferred inflation index is the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index. According to the...