“Buy Your Straw Hats in Winter.’” – Bernard Baruch
Mr. Baruch profited mightily from the Great Depression. He bought stocks that were cheap and out of favor. To follow his example, …
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’” – Ronald Reagan
Apocalypse Now? Probably not. But we will be paying for past excesses in our economy for several years. Tom and I do …
“In a bear market, everyone loses, and the winner is the one who loses the least.” – Russian truism
So far, that puts us well among the winners. With the stock market indices averaging a nasty drop of 13% since January …
May You Live in Interesting Times – Old Chinese Proverb
Barring big changes tomorrow, the indexes for the first quarter will be down approximately, Dow 8%, S&P 500 10%, and the NASDAQ …
2007? Not Much To Recommend It
It was no fun in the financial markets where volatility returned to levels not seen in years. Two-hundred-point gains and losses were …
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Here we are in the 21st century with our own website. Please visit the site and review what’s there to renew your …
All Good Things Must End
After an amazing ten consecutive months of positive investment results, we came to June 2007. Now we have one consecutive month of …
Volatile Quarter- Not Bad for Us
Despite a substantial increase in volatility in the securities markets, the net result for the averages was a big zero. Our results, …
“January: This is one of the particularly dangerous months to invest in stocks. Other dangerous months are July, October, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.” – Mark Twain
Seriously though, 2006 was another upstanding year for all of us. And if you believe the consensus, 2007 looks to be more …
This Quarter was a Keeper
I have just finished comparing your September 30 ending balances to August 31 and reviewing the September and year-to-date gains. I feel …