Common Cents Blog
This week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the monetary policy making arm of the Federal Reserve, met and didn’t do anything. Well, I suppose the members of the committee discussed and overanalyzed any number of…
We have come to the end of the busiest week of earnings season, and for the most part it was a decent week of earnings. With Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta all reporting earnings this week,…
April has been a wild one in the markets. Apart from some of the panic during the height of the pandemic and the Financial Crisis, this month has been as volatile as any I have seen…
This past week, I made a lunch presentation to a group here in town. Afterwards, a guy told me my talk seemed “extemporaneous.” That was a new one for me. However, unless a speaker is reading…
Last night, a reel came across my Instagram feed which caught my eye. There was a guy hiking through the woods, who almost stepped on an adult copperhead. The snake was coiled up in the leaves…
Given the market turmoil, you should turn off the television. Don’t even think about looking at your investment balances. Stop reading this newsletter and all other pieces of financial commentary. By all means, go outside. Have…
Undoubtedly like many of you, I am tired of hearing the word tariff. I am even more tired of not knowing what the true definition of success is here. Exhausted even. Are we throwing tariffs around…
Last night, my wife told me a frustrating story about something which had happened during her day. She had called a medical office which had been sending invoices demanding payment for services rendered. On at least…
I started recommending gold pretty soon after the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) exchange traded fund became available at the end of 2004. It was an easy way to get precious metal exposure in a “paper portfolio.”…
Before you read the contrary someplace else, know this—the sun is going to come up in the east tomorrow. The Earth is not going to stop revolving. The world is not going to collapse. Essentially, none…