As a youth open to the world’s influence, you never know what will captivate your interest, and what will lead you to the paths you take in life. It was August 1974 when I, along with the rest of the world, watched then President Nixon resign his office in disgrace. And while I was only

There’s been a fair amount of equity market volatility over the past couple of weeks, as stocks have seen some choppy back-and-forth action during the fortnight. Perhaps the most pronounced of this choppiness has occurred in the Nasdaq Composite. Last Friday, the Nasdaq was up 0.8%, and on Monday, it was up again another 1.2%.

Equity markets have been “choppy” over the past week, and the back-and-forth chop was perhaps most pronounced in the Nasdaq Composite. Last Friday, the Nasdaq was up 0.8%, and on Monday it was up again another 1.2%. Then, on Tuesday, the tech-heavy measure of the market was down 1.1%, and on Wednesday it slid 2%.

The trend in markets over the past week or so can best be described by one word: volatility.  On Friday, the NASDAQ Composite was up 0.8%, and on Monday it was up 1.2%. Then, on Tuesday, the tech-heavy measure of the market was down 1.1%, and on Wednesday it was down 2%.   Perhaps more telling

I was at a social gathering recently with familiar acquaintances, and also with many people who I had never met. One of my acquaintances introduced me to the group in the following fashion: “Hey everyone, meet Jim, he’s a Renaissance Man.” While many of the newly introduced smiled and said hello, one rather bold young

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The key day for markets this week was Thursday, as that’s the day we saw some rather pronounced selling. The S&P 500 fell by 1.48% in that session, but the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite was down more than twice that (-3.02%), as a post-Federal Reserve reaction to Chairman Powell’s failure to directly address rising bond yields

Stocks bounced around this week, with Thursday being the heaviest day of selling. The S&P 500 fell by 1.48% during that session, as a post-Federal Reserve reaction to Chairman Powell’s failure to directly address rising bond yields caught up to the bulls. Yet, despite the selling Thursday, the broad measure of domestic equities is on

Launch the Polaris The end doesn’t scare us When will this cease? The warheads will all rust in peace –Megadeth, “Rust In Peace… Polaris” “Polaris” is the codename that was given to the first U.S. Navy ballistic missile system. This bad boy was a nuclear-powered submarine with 16 guided missiles, each armed with a nuclear