Week in Review #272

Week in Review #272

Summing Up The Week While some argue that we’ve exited the season of volatility typically seen in September and October, this week certainly didn’t feel like it. While stocks rallied significantly following the Federal Reserve’s announcement on...
Week in Review #271

Week in Review #271

Summing Up The Week As I’ve been warning since August, September and October are notoriously volatile, and the past week was no different as the markets were positively slammed with selling for much of the week. Despite the significant downside pressure, there...
Week in Review #270

Week in Review #270

Summing Up The Week Between higher retail sales and a 10-year nearly hitting 5% early in the week, the markets were already reeling, and this was before the Powell smackdown on Thursday when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell came out extremely hawkish where many...
Week in Review #267

Week in Review #267

Summing Up The Week With this week’s volatile price action in the markets, I felt it might be a good time to remind myself of my key rule: As long term investors, it’s more important to have disciplined strategies than bullish or bearish narratives. The question...
Week in Review #266

Week in Review #266

Summing Up The Week Slowly at first, then all at once… Weeks with Federal Reserve meetings tend to be incredibly dull up until the Wednesday announcement of the Fed decision and this week was no different. This kind of slow price action makes sense intuitively:...