The stock market put on a powerful show in the 4th quarter of 2023 and into the new year by advancing 12 of 13 weeks into the month of January. It has been an extraordinary and extraordinarily narrow advance with only a handful of stocks (sometimes called “The Magnificent 7”)…

After advancing in the first half of the year, the equity markets generally declined during the 3rd quarter, reversing some of the earlier gains in the indexes and leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average with a loss for the year so far. During the quarter, the S&P 500 declined 3.7%,…

We are 16 months into the Fed’s rate raising cycle, and short-term interest rates have risen to over 5%, with another increase likely to come in the next few weeks. For the first time in many years, investors can receive a reasonable rate of interest on cash and treasury bills…

Although not on anyone’s list of top Oscar picks, the very lucrative “Fast and Furious” movie franchise is set for the release of the tenth (and supposedly final) installment in the series next month. Arguably not as exciting to watch as the dramatic car chases from the movies, the Federal…