2/7/11: In the markets, as in life, there are no guarantees but everyone is entitled to their opinion. Here's my opinion on the financial markets today. Companies in the United States will try to keep the recent momentum going with 62 S&P 500 corporate earnings reports coming out this week. This morning, U.S. stocks opened slightly higher on some incremental calm in Cairo. Solid earnings and gains in resource sectors helped lift Europe ... read more
Listen to the Podcast here: (8:15 min.) [audio:http://fiplanpartners.com/audio/YFH6.24.10.mp3] Right Click Here To Download After rising almost 9% in the first 66 days of 2010, the market abruptly changed direction on April 24, 2010. The reasons for pullbacks are never singularly focused, but are instead a combination of things. In this case, it was the market priced for perfection running into the emerging fiscal concerns of several Europea ... read more
October 19, 2009: On October 19, 1987, I watched painfully as the stock market crashed down by 500 points. In my past 28 years, I have experienced these types of historical events. This October 19, 2009 may not be any different. We may not see a dramatic crash, but every investor needs to be on alert. Is it possible that we could see the next down turn of the Great Recession starting to unfold? Granted Friday, October 16th saw the ... read more
September 10, 2009: It is hard to believe that a year has gone by since the collapse of Lehman Brothers investment firm. Years from now, historians will still be evaluating the 2008 year and the decisions made by our leadership in government and business. The question becomes, "are we through with the worst part of this downturn of the Great Recession?" In my view, the next 11 to 12 weeks will validate whether our economy will recover ... read more
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