This is one determined bull market. We continue to climb the wall of worry, time and time again. Not even fears over Russia can stop this juggernaut. I have not been writing much lately because this is just the time to sit back and let your gains ride. If it aint broke don’t fix it,…

What else could you want out of this market? The S&P 500 continues to hit new highs, putting the lackluster start to the year officially behind us. This is a positive development indeed but the portfolio strategy remains the same: “Buy the dips and sell the rips”. Believe me, I would love to buy some new “hot” stocks for…

Now that’s what I call a bounce. After correcting nearly 7% from the start of the year, the S&P 500 came back with a vengeance. Buying into the dip (“Nibbling into The Correction”) definitely paid off as the portfolio is now up 4% for the year while the S&P is still down about a percent….

Is a 7% pullback enough for the market after being up 29% the year before? I’m not sure, but I am buying the dip. Here’s why: I, like others, have been piling cash on the sidelines waiting for the correction. Now, it has come, but only by 7%; we need another 3%…right? Wrong. I, like…

If you were expecting stocks to just pick up where they left off (from last year), you probably lost some money in January. Subscribers, apologies for the slight reprieve I had to take. It is important that you take time away from the markets every once in a while, clear your head. Now, markets were down…

Ahhh, the year that was 2013. The S&P 500 made people small fortunes, rising nearly 30%. Our performance was noteworthy as well. We got a 34% return, easily outperforming the S&P 500. So, did it carry over into 2014? To the untrained eye, no it didn’t. The Dow Jones sank more than 100 points out of…

  Stocks are finishing the year strong. Can they continue this current rally? Fund managers are chasing performance into the end of the year as well as bullish retail investors. Personally, I believe that 2014 is poised to be another good one. 75% of the time, good years follow great years in the stock market….

I have always welcomed intervention from the Fed. But, as much as I would like for them to stick around, (to make sure we don’t repeat the mistakes of Japan and Britain, in particular) the Fed insists that the U.S. economy is recovering at a healthy rate and is therefore backing away (tapering) from their 85 billion a month bond-buying program….