Market Insights

March Market Madness The S&P 500 ended February with a nearly 4% monthly loss.  It was exceeded on the downside by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which dropped more than 4%.  The good news as the short month ended was that March was next.  Historically, March kicks off two of the strongest months for equities.  Over … Continue reading “Today’s Market Update: 3.23.18 March Market Madness”

Investment ALERT CAVEAT EMPTOR Please read what we believe  is the most important investment news in the history of  America’s stock market.  If what we contend should happen, innocent investors in the near future will receive more clarity, disclosure and investment advisor integrity. The only thing worse than this bad investment we want to alert you to would be the bad … Continue reading “Investor ALERT! 2.8.18…”

XIV IS GOING TO ZERO Please read what we believe  is the most important investment news in the history of  America’s stock market.  If what we contend should happen, innocent investors in the near future will receive more clarity, disclosure and investment advisor integrity. The only thing worse than this bad investment we want to alert you to would be the … Continue reading “Investor ALERT! 2.8.18… 2”

XIV IS GOING TO ZERO Please read what we believe  is the most important investment news in the history of  America’s stock market.  If what we contend should happen, innocent investors in the near future will receive more clarity, disclosure and investment advisor integrity. The only thing worse than this bad investment we want to alert you to would be the … Continue reading “Investor ALERT! 2.8.18… 3”

100 PPM The back-to-back stock market sessions between Friday and today have brought back to me less-than fond memories of market “corrections” past.  One thing is for certain, no two market draw downs are alike.  Today, the DJIA fell 100 points per minute (PPM). Starting late morning (Pacific Time) the Dow fell 1100 points in … Continue reading “Today’s Market Update 2.5.18…100 PPM”

One of the biggest Dow down days in history It’s always a matter of WHEN, not IF, when considering the stock market will decline big.   Today was one of those days!  As you can see in the chart below, today was the 6th worst day in history of the DJIA.  As a side bar, notice how awful the … Continue reading “Today’s Market Update 2.2.18 …An Ominous #”

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BABA vs. AMZN A great question was posed to me today about Amazon.com. “Is Amazon still a good stock investment?” This was asked by a “barista” (aka. “bartender in a coffee shop”) at Starbucks who I see a few times a week when a go for a cup.  My answer was Amazon.com is a proven leading … Continue reading “Portfolio Update…BABA vs AMZN”

While preparations are underway to toast to a new year with the raise of a glass, I hope this time finds you with fond memories of the year soon to pass. How quickly a new year comes as another one ends, I hope you ring in 2018 with family and friends. It is that time … Continue reading “New Year Outlook 2018”

May the good things of life be yours in abundance not only at Thanksgiving but throughout the coming year. Wishing You and Yours a Happy Thanksgiving John Gardner & Greg Costa