I've been managing money in the markets for over 30 years. We've had several periods of time where it was necessary to follow the news all day long. Nearly all of those times were due to some sort of crisis, whether it was the Asian currency melt-downs in 1997 and
Whether you're ready or not, we are about to see a 100 day (or longer) period filled with a flurry of new policies out of Washington DC. There have already been many predictions of these policies leading to robust economic (and thus stock market) growth. If we learned anything from
One of the hardest lessons for finance graduates is understanding the moves in the market often go completely against the tens of thousands of dollars their education taught them. One reason I enjoy being a guest lecturer at Liberty University is I get the opportunity to teach a small subset
We survived the first couple of days of 2025 along with the first test of our newly elected government – the re-election of Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. This may seem inconsequential to some, but on Wall Street everyone was holding their breath to see whether or not we'd
We're at that point of the year between Christmas and New Year where it's hard to remember what day of the week it is. At SEM where we have advisors across the country it will be a heavy dose of "out of office" messages when we try to contact them
