On October 21st, 1985, Marty McFly went back in time 30 years to escape Libyans, save Doc Brown’s life, and turn his dad from a weenie into a hero.  He also wound up with a rad 4×4, but before he could take it for a spin, Doc Brown stopped by…

The Federal Reserve must be barraged by lonely singles looking for dating advice because they recently put out a working paper called “Credit Scores and Committed Relationships”.  The Fed finds that people with similar credit scores tend to get together and that the higher the credit score, the more trustworthy…

Janet Yellen pulled the markets offside with a hard count yesterday.  Instead of a hike, we heard about global weakness that suddenly warrants the Fed’s attention.  The market reacted as though there was a hike – you could say we’ve been in the red zone the last two days (I…

Saturday, September 19th is the Northeast Ohio Walk for PKD.  Please take a minute to read about a cause that is near to my heart. My son, William, has ARPKD (autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease).  This is a genetic disease that led to complications after he was born and ultimately shut…

You are probably aware that August was an eventful month for stocks – in a bad way. The S&P 500 was down 6.03% bringing year to date returns to -2.88%. A diversified portfolio would have cushioned against the drop somewhat, but allocations to Emerging Markets and Commodities hurt returns. The…

So what happened to the market on Monday? I don’t know and anyone who says they do know is full of it.  Because investing involves lots of numbers and math, it is easy to assume that there are clear answers to questions like this.  Math is constant.  2+2=4.  Investing is not…