Weekly Investment Update

Fix Your Eyes on The Prize. Innovations That Could Enable S&P500 to Triple in the Next 10 Years. I learned a very important lesson this year even though I have been studying the markets closely for decades. Please look at the report on the next page,...

Investors Searching for Clarity I have hiked or jogged passed the trees on this Mt. Thom trail near my home every three days for more than 20 years now. These trees and the trees on my 13-acre property have grown a lot over the years. They experienced...

Just a Hint of Good News Boosts Stocks Jerome Powell did it again two weeks ago. He repeated the mistake he made in late 2018. Donald Trump appointed him as the Chairperson of the Federal Reserve in 2018 and he has proven to be reactive instead of proactive...

Can Investors Trust Words from the FED? Last Friday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairperson, Jerome Powell, made an eight minute speech stating that the Fed was going act tough by raising interest rates and keep them high into 2023 in order to combat rising...

No Pain, No Gain What has happened in the stock markets over the past three years shows how important interest rates and oil prices are. Global economies experienced the first ever voluntary economic shutdown as Covid-19 swept over the world in 2020....

Why are Markets Climbing the Wall of Worry? Markets act in a weird manner! Computers and algorithms do not cause markets to act the way they do. Markets act the way they do because they are reflecting what people are doing with the money they manage....

Stock Market Recovery Continues Previous Investment Updates have been pointing out how prices for oil and other commodities have been falling in recent months, which should produce lower inflation numbers next year. This should reduce the prospect that...

How Can We Make a Forecast For Interest Rates? I find it very interesting to observe how economists and market experts make interest rate forecasts. There are many respectable experts that make forecasts for one, two or even three years into the future...

Returns After Severe 3-Month Declines Have Been Very Good It seems as though Central Banks are fighting yesterday’s battle. Inflation soared as supply chain issues created a shortage of materials and products. Then, the invasion of the Ukraine was like...