Back in 1946, a nuclear physicist working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Stanislaw Ulam, was convalescing from an illness.  Unable to binge Netflix (as I do when recovering under […]

The old saying “stock prices follow earnings” was not in effect during 2018.  The S&P 500 delivered outstanding earnings growth of 22% during the year.  However, this impressive earnings growth […]

A market saying is to “sell the news”, implying that by the time news is released, it is already priced into an asset’s price. Exhibit A: On January 24, 2018, […]

A few years ago, a new client asked me to review a “universal” life insurance policy that she bought in the early 1990’s. The insurance company had recently increased her […]

Bond markets in the fourth quarter experienced a significant amount of volatility as investors attempted to gauge the extent of further Federal Reserve tightening and the likelihood of an economic […]

To download a printable version of this article, click here: 201810 OPCM – Marijuana Around this time last year, we wrote an article highlighting the increasing signs of speculation and […]

To download a printable version of this article:  201810 OPCM – The Risk Of Investing In One Asset Class For many decades, the best risk-adjusted returns were found using a […]

To download a printable version of this article: 201810 OPCM – Foreign Currency Conundrum On August 13th, 2018 a headline in the International Business Times read, “Turkey facing currency meltdown […]

To download a printable version of this article: 201810 OPCM – Credit Markets, Another Rate Hike The third quarter saw yet another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. On […]

To download a printable version of this article: 201810 OPCM – Trim Taxes, Increase Cash Flow, or Save Time The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into legislation last […]