What is an Inverted Yield Curve?
A yield curve is a graph with yield duration on the x-axis and interest rate on the y-axis. With a normal yield […]
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What are Trade Tariffs?
Prior to the Trump administration, the United States was a firm advocate of global trade. Free trade was the call of the […]
Are the markets more Math or Emotion?
The stock market is a method of investing in individual companies. The market determines the current value of each of the companies […]
Fundamental versus Technical Analysis
A difference of opinion is what makes a market. Someone feels that a security should be bought, someone else thinks that the […]
Mutual Funds or ETF’s? What’s the difference?
One of the bigger changes the past few decades has been the rise of ETF’s, also known as Exchange Traded Funds. They […]
Highlights of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
At the end of 2017, Congress passed and President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Now that the dust has […]
The Greater Fool Theory
The Greater Fool Theory is an investing strategy that some traders use to try to make money. But before we get into […]
The Four Most Dangerous Words in Investing
Sir John Marks Templeton was an American born British investor who was named by Money Magazine in 1999 as “arguably the greatest […]
What do they mean by “Sell in May and Go Away”?
As you can imagine, the mystique of the market lends itself to trading adages, rules of thumb, sayings and myths. These sayings […]
The Fiduciary Rule
The Department of Labor under President Obama wrote a regulation called “The Fiduciary Rule”. It goes into affect June 9th. How does […]