What is happening? August is traditionally a slow month – as we ease from summer fun back into the routineness of fall. Not this year, at least as it relates to the markets. In case you’ve tuned out business news for the past week, here is what you’ve missed: *What goes up is coming back […]

“Timing is everything”  This age-old saying can be applied to so many areas of our lives – including investing.  Lately, it seems like timing is on top of a lot of investors’ minds.  Questions such as:  Is it time to get out of the market?  Is it time to go all in?  Is it time […]

Remember Tug of War?  Something tells me you may have played on the playground or at a family reunion.  Split into two groups (ideally of equal strength), pick up your respective ends of the same rope, and pull as hard as you can.  Eventually, one group prevails – whether it be due to momentarily greater […]

Predictability and consistency.  Who among us doesn’t thrive under such conditions?  Most of us like things we can count on.  We enjoy feeling as if we are in control of what comes next.  We don’t like unexpected surprises (good or bad).   2017 was such an environment for investors.  A welcome calm passage in the investing […]