As I mentioned last November in this space, 'Elections or not, stocks tend to be forward-looking.” The S&P 500, which had been up about 2 percent for the year just before the election, finished with gains of just over 9 percent. A lot of the move s

Personally, I can't wait for the election season to pass. There are few topics more emotionally charged than politics, whether you're a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, or a player to be named later.  By the way, if you think this e

Before getting too deeply into your retirement planning, you need to have a few things figured out. You should have some good idea as to how you want to live, where you want to live, and what activities will be part of your life. Knowing these, you may n

The S&P is close to all-time highs, and yet, the broad national sentiment remains very bearish.  Over the past seven and some years, periodic surveys have shown the majority of people in this country have continued to feel that another recession was clo

n May of 2015, the S&P 500 made its most recent all-time high. At that time, it seemed as if there was nothing that could stop what CNN Money says has now become the second-longest bull market in history. And yet, nervous market participants today conti

With a tough start to the new year, I want to give you some information to help make informed decisions regarding your investments and not rely on headlines and sound bites. As Ben Graham so accurately pointed out, the day-to-day market isn't a fundam

It's the time of year again here in investment land where you're trying to make sense of the year just passed while also trying to determine how to be successful in the year ahead. The year 2015 had an unusually long period of the S&P 500 Index tradi

As I review the daily market news and read the economic comments from various sources, it occurs to me that the current measurements being used don't really show the true strength of our total economy.

Seventy-five years ago, retirement planning was generally pretty straightforward-you died. There was no 'retirement” as we have come to know it as life spans were much shorter than today.

It's August. The traders and the Fed are at the shore, so there's sort of no reason to do any buying or selling. Unfortunately, that appears to have been the thinking for most of this year-so far.