


Weekly Market Update – October 25, 2024
Quick Takes U.S. stocks ended their longest weekly winning streak of the year as the S&P 500 slipped -1.0% last week, ending six positive weeks. The small cap Russell 2000 was down -3.0%, but the Nasdaq Composite was able to buck the trend and eke out a small gain...
Weekly Market Update – May 6, 2022
Quick Takes Jittery markets, rising rates, and increased economic uncertainty persists as primary concerns for investors. A relatively mild -0.2% weekly decline masked yet more wild daily swings for stocks. It was the fifth consecutive weekly decline for the S&P...
The Importance of Simple Enjoyments
One of my favorite stories is about Jeanne Calment, the woman with the longest confirmed lifespan. She lived in France until the age of 122. In 1988 she was interviewed about meeting Vincent van Gogh in her uncle’s art shop 100 years earlier as a 13-year-old! The part...