Common Cents Blog
“Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again.” Ray Bradbury Last Friday, January…
“The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.” Attributed to Bill Vaughan Historically, I shy away from making too many public predictions, as I have found there is very…
“Don’t Fight the Fed” Attributed to Marty Zweig At the beginning of 2019, we told clients to expect a decent, positive year in the markets with one caveat: it was likely going to be pretty bumpy…
Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton Yesterday, the Conservative Party (CP or Tory) in the United Kingdom (UK) won a resounding victory…
Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. Zsa Zsa Gabor This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced the US economy…
If you think Independence Day is America’s defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. Tony Snow This newsletter/column will go out on Friday, November 29, 2019. I am writing it on Wednesday, November…
Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering. Dalai Lama The media outlets are currently full of anger. It sells. Still,…
In school, you learn there is an inverse relationship between interest rates and bond prices. When rates go higher, bonds go lower and vice versa. It is a pretty easy concept to understand: assuming all other…
This past Monday, I told some co-workers this was going to be one of the biggest weeks of the year, if not the biggest. There was an FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting on Wednesday to…
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released The Employment Situation – October 2019. It showed the US economy created 128K net new ‘payroll’ jobs and the Unemployment Rate increased slightly to 3.6% from 3.5%.…