Flagship Blog

December 2nd Weekly Market Update Stock market investors should be rooting for low single-digit economic growth next year — and the reason why has nothing to do with the Federal Reserve (Fed).  We forecast a low double-digit gain of 10 – 15% for U.S. stocks in 2014,...

November 11th Weekly Market Update Decades of behavioral research suggest investors chase returns. In other words, they sell one investment to buy another that has performed better on the hope that it will continue to do so. Although this behavior is known to be very...

November 4th Weekly Market Update Last week marked that special time of year when the World Series brings together two great teams. A three-run double on a hit to the Green Monster off the sweet spot of the bat of Shane Victorino helped the Boston Red Sox emerge...

October 28th Weekly Market Update Five years ago, the phrase “the new normal” began to be coined to describe the investment environment of the years that were to follow. Prognosticators claimed the new normal of the future was likely to include a lowered living...

October 21st Weekly Market Update The budget crisis in Washington is over — for now. The 11th hour deal lifts the debt ceiling through February 7, 2014, and funds the government though January 15, 2014, returning furloughed government workers to their jobs. The bill...