Despite a one-day scare last week, the stock market closed the week near its record high. The 'scare' came in the form of an increase in the rate of inflation. This threw cold water on the thought the Fed would slash interest rates up to 6 times for a total
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December is a time to look back at the year that was and turn our attention to what the new year may look like. For the stock market, following a sell-off in 2022, the new year brought impressive gains for the overall index (albeit heavily skewed to a handful of
Early in my career I was a “fundamental” analyst. This meant pouring through financial statements, digging into what made an industry work, making economic predictions, and then applying that to the earnings of a specific company. I quickly learned how hard it was to consistently be right (or
Super Bowl 51 was arguably the best Super Bowl of all-time. It gave us the biggest comeback ever along with the first Super Bowl to go to overtime. At the same time we saw Tom Brady move into sole possession of several individual Super Bowl records (despite a very bad