Who could have guessed that 2020 would usher in a first-ever global lockdown? It has been an economic obstacle course of sorts, with some businesses flourishing while most others lock their doors. In the past, we have witnessed disruptions on a smaller scale when fierce storms, wars, volcanoes, earthquakes, or tsunamis have devastated various regions […]
Keeping Big-Picture Focus in 2020
Over the last decade, there have been many notable themes in the market. In spite of how it sometimes felt, the market continued to climb the proverbial wall of worry and rewarded faithful investors handsomely. All asset classes surged forward, building wealth for their shareholders. Commodities were the only asset left out in the cold. […]
The Race to Zero: The Advent of Commission-free Trades for Investors
GREAT NEWS! Charles Schwab announced that starting on October 7, 2019, transactions to buy and sell stocks and ETFs are FREE! However, Schwab was not the first large broker to make this offer. It is likely that Schwab was reacting to a free commission offering from Interactive Brokers that began the last week of September. […]
Fear Sells
Fear dominates headlines and can keep us up at night. It seems to be the business reporters’ job to assess all possible downside scenarios. If these negative headlines never materialize, people are happy. If they do materialize, the listeners cannot say they were not warned. And the cycle goes on and on and on…… Is […]
Avenues of Growth: Global Trade
Since the start of the year, projections for global growth have been ratcheted downward (Chart 1). Leaders at the European Central Bank (ECB) and the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) have promised to keep rates low in order to facilitate growth. As a result, global rates for the G-20 face downward pressure and debt levels can […]
Sears, Roebuck & Company: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
Sears, Roebuck & Company (Sears) was founded by Alvah Roebuck and Richard Sears in 1893. What started out as a catalog to sell watches and jewelry quickly grew into a business that offered hundreds of items for sale. Their competition? Local general stores. Rural customers were able to order from home out of a Sears […]
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