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November 12, 2020
It seems appropriate that such a contentious Presidential election would take place in 2020, a year unlike any other. On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States unless the Trump administration is successful in its efforts to overturn the results. Many...
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October 6, 2020
2020 has been a year like no other, and we still have three months to go. Thus far we have experienced a global pandemic, the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression, the largest-ever drop in GDP (gross domestic product), nation-wide civil unrest, devastating hurricanes and wildfires,...
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September 14, 2020
In early September, Apple, Inc., that most creative technology juggernaut, had the distinction of being the first company to reach a market capitalization of $2 trillion. Yes, that is trillion with a “T”. Market capitalization, more commonly referred to as market cap, is the value of a publicly...
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August 13, 2020
Life is full of regrets; it is a part of living. Some are private known only to us and others are public known to the entire world. In thinking of some of the more public regrettable trades, a few quickly come to mind – Babe Ruth, Bret Favre, and Manhattan Island.
A member of three World Series...
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July 9, 2020
Investors entered the second quarter with portfolios battered from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the world’s economies and by extension, financial markets. Broad-based equities fell 35% or more beginning February 19 as the global lockdown extinguished millions of jobs and with them,...
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May 8, 2020
May 8th, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe and is commonly referred to as V-E Day. The war would not officially end for another three months when Japan surrendered on August 15th, 1945, now known as V-J Day. It was the largest, deadliest, and most...