Week in Review #132

Week in Review #132

Summing Up The Week While there’s always plenty of news in the markets, the key takeaway this week was the rising 10-Year Treasury Bond yield, which hit a one-year high of 1.49% on Thursday.  Do the bond yields signal the end of the Bull Market in stocks? Read...
Week in Review #127

Week in Review #127

Summing Up The Week Unsurprisingly, this week focused entirely on the peaceful transition of power in the U.S. from President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden on Wednesday. Following Trump’s disgraceful final days in office, many law enforcement agencies...
Week in Review #123

Week in Review #123

Summing Up The Week This week was a 4-day trading week thanks to the upcoming holiday tomorrow, but that didn’t mean it was quiet. Quite the opposite, in fact! New news on the suspected Russian hack, a more contagious Covid-19 strain, and U.K.’s Christmas...
Pandemic Portfolio #6

Pandemic Portfolio #6

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Week in Review #114

Week in Review #114

Summing Up The Week The markets continued to soften this week as the reality of no stimulus package before the presidential election began to set in. Additional negative news catalysts included poor economic data in the form of retreating mortgage applications and...