It’s becoming almost a cliché these days to say that we saw another week of wild market volatility, yet that’s just what we witnessed again this week. The market saw some sharp selling early in the week, but on Thursday we had a huge move to the upside. The markets ended the week on a sour […]

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Well I’m living in the desert with a one eyed dog You could lead a blind man out of Vietnam Cause everybody’s begging, everybody wants a chance When you’re stuck in a storm, well do a rain dance Ryan Bingham, “Sunrise” The country music star’s folksy lyrics actually remind us of a very profound lesson

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A fall below 10,000 this week in the Dow Jones Industrial Average — before Tuesday’s late-afternoon rally — shows that equities are on shaky ground right now. But in my experience, there’s always a bull market somewhere, and I’ve found what I think is at least a mini-bull in U.S. Treasury bonds. The European debt

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To give you a bit more perspective on the Fabian Plan and just how effective it’s been throughout the years, I wanted to show you something we call “Great Moments in Fabian History.” This is a rundown of some of the major events that have unfolded in the financial markets during the past three decades,

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Shakespeare’s Hamlet may have thought that “the play’s the thing,” but last week’s market action has me thinking that “The Plan’s the thing.” The Plan I am talking about here is the Fabian Plan, and last Thursday, The Plan officially went into “sell” mode. The plunging of stocks below their 200-day moving averages was the

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  In what now has become commonplace, we saw yet another week of wild volatility on Wall Street. This week, however, the huge selling bias caused the major indices to descend into official correction mode. More importantly, the selling caused our Domestic Fund Composite, or DFC, to fall below its 200-day moving average. The DFC’s decline on […]

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“Over himself and over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.” John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty” There is perhaps no more basic proposition that as an individual, you own your own life. Yet the basis of most political theory over the last several millennia has actually argued against this notion. The concepts of

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Last week, we conducted our latest teleconference, titled “Sound Fixed-Income Strategies in an Uncertain World.” In this seminar, I outlined the conservative fixed-income strategies that I am implementing during this time of unprecedented financial challenges. No doubt you’ve been following the news of late in Europe. The continent is facing a crisis in terms of

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The devastating oil spill off of the Louisiana coast has been followed by declining oil prices and increasing questions among investors about the future direction of the commodity. However, the oil spill does not appear to be nearly as much of a factor in oil prices right now as reduced demand and the strengthening U.S.

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I do a whole lot of research each week trying to discern the machinations of these volatile equity markets. Most of what I read is basic information designed to give me the facts I need to make an informed judgment. Of course, I also read what others have to say about where they see the

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