The nausea-inducing volatility so prevalent over the past two months continued since our last Hotline and, as of this writing, we are much closer to seeing a technical breakdown in the S&P 500 that would take the index below key support at the 200-day moving average. Now, to give you a sense of that volatility,

I need a little room to breathe ’Cause I’m one step closer to the edge And I’m about to break   –“One Step Closer,” Linkin Park   The stomach-churning volatility so prevalent over the past two months continued since our last Hotline and, as of this writing, we are one step closer to the edge

Word is bond. That’s the phrase that keeps coming to mind for me amidst the two most prominent political stories of the day — the Stormy Daniels affair and the latest push to restrict gun rights. Now, “word is bond” is urban slang shorthand for the longer phrase “your word is your bond,” meaning that

Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again… — “The Sound of Silence,” Simon & Garfunkel The great singer/songwriter duo Simon & Garfunkel penned many memorable songs, but perhaps none so poignant as their 1964 masterpiece, “The Sound of Silence.” Coincidentally, I was listening to the folk classic just a few

Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again… — “The Sound of Silence,” Simon & Garfunkel The great singer/songwriter duo Simon & Garfunkel penned many memorable songs, but perhaps none so poignant as their 1964 masterpiece, “The Sound of Silence.” Coincidentally, I was listening to the folk classic just a few

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What do you get when you put a Harvard psychologist on stage at the same Hollywood venue where they hold the Academy Awards? The answer is one gigantic dose of feel good. That was my takeaway last week Wednesday night after attending a discussion given by Harvard University Professor Steven Pinker, a psychologist and best-selling

The big news over the past couple of days is the disturbing revelations that social media giant Facebook, Inc. (FB) has come under fire for yet another “data breach.” The issue this time involves the Trump-affiliated Cambridge Analytica. The data analytics firm reportedly harvested the Facebook login data of some 270,000 people, which it also

Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worries on the doorstep Life can be so sweet On the sunny side of the street –“The Sunny Side of the Street” by McHugh and Fields. The action in the markets has been somewhat choppy since our last Hotline, as all three major indices are set

Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worries on the doorstep Life can be so sweet On the sunny side of the street –“The Sunny Side of the Street” by McHugh and Fields. The action in markets has been somewhat choppy since our last Hotline, as all three major indices are set for