by David B. Armstrong, CFA | Mar 8, 2016 | Weekly Market Commentary
I’ll admit it. I got nothing done this weekend since Season 4 of House of Cards was dumped onto Netflix. It broke the internet and my productivity like a dump truck full of Kim Kardashian derrière posts. So this may be a little short. However, if this blog does not...
by David B. Armstrong, CFA | Feb 29, 2016 | Weekly Market Commentary
How can my blog compete against Warren Buffet’s annual letter that was released Saturday? You should read it, but here are three segments I liked: #1 “America’s population is growing about .8% per year (.5% from births minus deaths and .3% from net migration). Thus 2%...
by David B. Armstrong, CFA | Feb 16, 2016 | Weekly Market Commentary
The 2016 stock market sell-off has had the attention of everyone with investments and/or a TV. I never want to come off as flippant about losses, but it’s also important to have some perspective on the actual losses. HISTORICALLY, the sell-off in the S&P 500 Index...
by David B. Armstrong, CFA | Feb 11, 2016 | Weekly Market Commentary
The reason the market is down is because there are more sellers than buyers. The question is, who are the sellers? For starters, it should not be you. I’m not trying to be flippant here, I’m just trying to make a point that is straight forward and easier to read than...
by David B. Armstrong, CFA | Feb 1, 2016 | Weekly Market Commentary
I just don’t know when. I’m of the opinion that we simply don’t see enough facts suggesting we are on the cusp of a recession. There are a lot of people out in the press calling for one and I think it’s an attempt to gain headlines with outlandish statements…even if...
by David B. Armstrong, CFA | Jan 25, 2016 | Weekly Market Commentary
As you may remember, last July we created the first set of videos for our new Economic Review video series. Now we are releasing a new video that reviews what has changed in the economy since then and what we believe we will see moving forward. Thanks for tuning in!...
