A Guide to Stock Market Sell-Offs

A Guide to Stock Market Sell-Offs

This year, we have seen several days where stocks “sell off.” The losses in value are tough for most long-term, buy-and-hold investors to stomach. However, they are an entirely natural and necessary byproduct of a properly functioning marketplace. It all goes back to...

It’s Expensive So Let’s Buy More!

Can a stock market rally built more on Price Earnings (PE) ratio expansion and low bond yields, rather than on earnings growth, be sustained? This question highlights a precarious state of affairs and helps to explain the market’s recent ups and downs. While the major...

Market and Election Update

Before Tuesday, November 9th, almost all indicators pointed toward a Hillary Clinton victory and Democratic control of the US Senate. However, that did not happen. Now that the election is behind us, it’s time to start looking at which segments of the economy and...