Hello again, Happy Independence Day to everyone. I hope you all had a rested weekend and were able to see some fireworks somewhere. My two girls art with smoke bombs on the gravel road: Performance DJIA: Mon 6/29 +2.32% Tues 6/30 +0.85% Wed 7/1 [...]
Hello again, Happy 4th of July to all of us and America. Due to Coronavirus, I have only seen my parents once since this started. And this weekend, we finally get to go see them at their home in Lake of the Ozarks for the first time of 2020. There are some very big announcements [...]
Hello again, One day late, but want to wish all those Fathers reading, a great big HAPPY FATHERS DAY to you all. I got to see my parents for the first time since Christmas with all things Coronavirus. They have been isolated at their home in Lake of the Ozarks. We got to spend [...]
Hello again, Today’s email a bit shorter. Following last week’s email, when you read this information below and information on Jerome Powell’s remarks last week, I want to emphasize, that one bad Thursday, and now a bad Monday as I type this, is not the beginning of the dominos to tip over, knocking the next [...]
Hello again, Today, this email is about “Uncertainty”. We have a few really good articles and numbers below. As your professional money managers, we are assuming some of you (not all of you) are wondering what is going on and why hasn’t my money been bought back into the market yet? Having said this, I [...]
Hello again, For those of you who follow me on Facebook, know I am not a fan of snakes. The month of May, I have seen more snakes in May 2020, than I have in the last 3 years at my golf course combined. And these are not little snakes either. On top of that, [...]
Investment Commentary – May 27, 2020 Year to Date Market Indices as of Market Close May 27, 2020 • Dow 25,139 (-11.94%) • S&P 2,984 (-7.61%) • NASDAQ 9,205 (2.60%) • Gold $1,695 (11.55%) • Oil $32.82 (-46.40%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (4.26%) • Fed Funds Rate 0-0.25 (0-0.25 3/16/20) • US Real GDP Growth [...]
Hello again, May is here, flowers and trees are blooming, and the weather is warming up. May is my favorite month of the year. Every day gets longer and I love waking up to sunlight, and the sun stays out long into the night. Plus lots of outdoor activities, and summer is right around [...]
Performance DJIA: Mon 5/4 +0.11% Tues 5/5 +0.56% Wed 5/6 -0.91% Thurs 5/7 +0.89% Fri 5/8 +1.91% Last week +2.56% (4 weeks in a row, very little change) Since 2/19 market high -17.09% Bond model you are in: Last week +0.12% Since bought in -0.36% Tid Bits: 1. V shape, versus W shape, versus U [...]
Hello again, Mark spends his weekends shoveling dirt and planting vines so it is Angela again (aka Mark’s surrogate keyboard Jedi) helping make sure he is minimizing usage of his wrist. An update with his injury is that he was lucky enough not to fracture any bones but his doctor confirmed that he tore multiple [...]