The market is about to close the books on August, but considering it’s the Friday before Labor Day, the volume and price action in today’s session is very muted. Still, this month was quite eventful, as stocks experienced their first real “growth scare” at the beginning of the month, a scare that sent the market

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I’ve never been a man who liked to think with the crowd. In fact, original thinking and being just a little “off center” with my ideas have served me well in life, and I suspect this slightly unconventional way of viewing reality is one of the keys to my success as a stock picker. I

“Roll me over and set me free The cowboy’s life is the life for me… –Thin Lizzy, “Cowboy Song” Over the past week, I’ve spent

When people I first meet find out about what I do for a living, they often ask me to give them stock tips. In fact, a few years ago I did jury duty, and during the selection process the judge even asked me for stock tips — right from the bench! Fortunately, I didn’t have

Stocks, overall, enjoyed another week of mostly upside, as the major domestic averages pushed their way to gains of about a half percent on the week. The cautious buying came largely in anticipation of what we are likely to hear from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell today during his pivotal speech at the Fed’s Jackson

I’m not really an “atmosphere” or “weather’ nerd, but I am, more broadly, a science nerd. The reason why is because science is the domain of reason, and reason is the domain of man — and his only tool for survival. Now, atmospheric scientists have terms for the different kinds of clouds above us. One

Sublime moments. They may seem infrequent and evanescent, and many of the moments we categorize as “peak experiences” are, by their very nature, uncommon. Yet, it is my opinion that these sublime experiences don’t have to be as infrequent and uncommon as most people perceive them to be. I say that because all too often,

When you grow up with an elite athlete as a father, you learn a few things about toughness. In my case, that father was a collegiate football standout at the University of Washington, and he even had a short stint in the NFL! In one of his many stories, he told me about how he

It’s a turnaround jump shot It’s everybody jumpstart It’s every generation throws a hero up the pop charts –Paul Simon, “The Boy in the Bubble” Last week, I told you how the market had experienced some of the worst trading sessions in nearly two years. In fact, you have to go all the way back