Nobody rings the bell at the top of a bull market telling us the fun times are over and to prepare for the bear market. Markets can go up far longer than most of us can imagine, which is what makes them so dangerous to investors. The seemingly resiliency of
As you may have noticed, I haven’t been posting every day. Yesterday an advisor asked me why. My answer —
There are only so many ways I can say the same thing over and over again. If there are major events that could move the markets
This week the Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates again despite phantom inflation and lackluster economic growth. This has again brought out the “rising rates are bad for bonds” crowd. As expected this has caused our clients in our Income Allocator (INA) and Tactical Bond (TB) programs
This morning we are met with another tragic sign we are in the midst of the ugliest part of the Social Cycle with the shooting at a Republican Congressional baseball practice. For 10 years now I’ve been talking about this phase — the “crisis”, which is
The Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule has taken effect after a two month delay. Many brokers and advisors had hoped the election of Donald Trump and his promise of “slashing” regulation would mean the DOL’s rule would never become law. The problem with that
