It's a short week for the markets with both stock and bond markets closed on Friday ahead of Independence Day on Saturday. With so much uncertainty our brains are struggling to decide whether to focus on the positives or the negatives. It's human nature. The more uncertain the environment the
Summer officially began over the weekend, meaning we spent the entire spring season in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. I don't know about you, but I'm drained. I'm tired of hearing confident predictions of the outcome when nobody has any idea how this is going to play out. We've
In just the last month, so much has changed in our country. States started opening up again after the COVID-19 shutdown. Protests and riots after the death of George Floyd (which stemmed from decades of violence and oppression.) Our country is divided. People can’t seem to share their opinions
I've been managing money for over 25 years. With advisors and clients across the country and now the ability to hold client meetings online I can usually get a pretty good feeling for investor sentiment. I used the word "animal spirits" to describe investor sentiment two weeks ago. Euphoric and
The craziness of 2020 continues as we start the 14th week since our country completely changed. We now continue to work through the consequences of the decisions made not just 14 weeks ago, but 18-22 weeks ago when the Coronavirus first hit our shores. As part of our Behavioral Approach
