By Sam Taylor | October 9, 2012
The Federal Reserve announced on September 13 it would once again (surprise, surprise) engage in another round of quantitative easing in an effort to stimulate the economy. This time they will buy $40 billion per month of mortgage-backed securities and continue to maintain their Operation Twist ...
By Sam Taylor | July 11, 2012
The European sovereign debt crisis dominated the second quarter of 2012, much as it did the first quarter.  Only this time, the results were not so pleasant.   In the first quarter, markets celebrated yet another agreement negotiated with Greece resulting in the largest sovereign debt...
By Sam Taylor | April 10, 2012
The first quarter of 2012 demonstrated that the market truly cares more about economic fundamentals and earnings than just about anything else.  In spite of the media’s attempt to spoon-feed consumers its best-selling commodity (sensationalism), the market instead focused on our sobering economic...
By Sam Taylor | January 5, 2012
Once again the stock market proved totally unpredictable in the fourth quarter of 2011 delivering impressive returns in the face of continued economic and political headwinds.   U.S. companies across the board produced double-digit gains, much to the dismay of investors who might have given up on...
By Sam Taylor | October 6, 2011
Equity investors took a beating in the 3rd quarter of 2011 as stocks logged their worst drop in 2 ½ years.  This was primarily due to a loss of confidence in world leaders’ abilities to deliver effective solutions to domestic and international challenges.  With almost no bullets left in its...
By Sam Taylor | August 11, 2011
The stock market finally took a pause to refresh during the second quarter of 2011 after two years of scorching returns.  We are now eight full quarters into a less than impressive recovery from the Great Recession which ended in June, 2009.  Last quarter’s pause was certainly due in large part to...

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