We saw a plethora of earnings reports from a slew of corporate giants this week. In fact, this was the busiest week of the season for Q1 reports and, overall, things do look solid. As of today, approximately 50% of S&P 500 companies have reported Q1 numbers, and the scorecard is indeed strong. Some 79%

We saw a plethora of earnings reports from a slew of corporate giants this week. In fact, this was the busiest week of the season for Q1 reports, and overall things do look solid. As of today, approximately 50% of S&P 500 companies have reported Q1 numbers, and the scorecard is indeed strong. Some 79%

If you grew up in the 1970s or 1980s, or if you raised children during that period, you probably know all about “Schoolhouse Rock.” I know as child growing up in the post-Nixon-turmoil era, I learned a lot about how government works by watching the Saturday morning television hits, including “I’m Just a Bill” and

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I’ve been writing a lot recently about the importance of headline-driven angst such as elevated trade war rhetoric, the Mueller investigation (and now the Michael Cohen investigation) and geopolitical hot spots such as Syria and North Korea. Yet this week, the market largely ignored that headline angst and focused on what really matters — fundamentals

I’ll stick with you baby for a thousand years Nothing’s gonna touch you in these golden years… — David Bowie, “Golden Years” For the past several weeks, I’ve been writing about the importance of headline-driven angst such as elevated trade war rhetoric, the Mueller investigation (and now the Michael Cohen investigation) and geopolitical hot spots

I read a whole lot of analysis about the market every week. Lately, much of that analysis has been overwhelmingly bearish. In fact, I’ve read more bearish analysis over the past couple of months than I’ve read over the past two years. This makes sense, of course, given the swoon in stocks and the ramped-up

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I don’t wanna spend the whole of my life indoors Laying low, waiting on the next storm I don’t wanna to spend the whole of my life inside I wanna step out, and face the sunshine… — Frank Turner, “The Next Storm” The cliché term is “the calm before the storm,” but for the markets

The cliché term is “the calm before the storm,” but for the markets this week, calm didn’t seem the appropriate word (plus, I despise cliché, so there!). Instead, I think what we saw this week was a bounce before the earnings storm, as stocks rebounded nicely, especially after last Friday’s approximate 2% drubbing. Now, the