Quarterly Market Report - Q1 2025 January 7, 2025 Categories: 2025 Outlook, Asset Allocation, Bond Market, Bonds, Cash, Commentary, Economics, Federal Reserve, Gold, Inflation, Markets, Monetary Policy, Stock Market, US Dollar, US Treasuries Markets were positive in 2024 with liquidity moving higher. More volatility on the horizon for 2025? Read more
Market Brief - December 2024 December 5, 2024 Categories: Markets, Stock Market, Market Update, Asset Allocation, Commentary, Commodities, Gold, Money, Stocks, US Dollar, US Treasuries Markets remain strong Post-Trump victory. Read more
Quarterly Market Report - Q4 2024 October 3, 2024 Categories: Asset Allocation, Bond Market, Bull Markets, Carry Trade, Fiat Currency, Gold, Markets, Quarterly Commentary, Stock Market Volatility returned to markets in Q3, while the Federal Reserve started lowering interest rate. The bull market carries on. Read more
5 AM Alarm January 12, 2019 Categories: 2018 Review, Asset Allocation, Bonds, Bond Market As I have aged, it seems my alarm clock goes off earlier and earlier. As a child, I somewhat dreaded waking up early in the morning unless it involved golf or some other sporting activity. Early morning Bible studies were thrown in the mix as I entered college. I have many older mentors to thank for motivating me to get up early and study the Bible. As I started my career, an earlier wake-up was the norm. Of course, once kids came along, the alarm clock was somewhat useless as babies became the new alarm clock (which went off multiple times every night). More recently, I have picked back up the hobby of running. With a busy family and work life, early mornings are the best time to “get my run in”. I have come to enjoy the solitude and peace of the early morning. Read more
