by diastole-admin | Jan 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
In the face of non-stop news, some of which is tragic, it can seem superficial to concentrate on money, but we will still try to make sense of the economy and investments and things that we believe are important to you…. Like the job market. On Friday, we received the...
by diastole-admin | Jan 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’ll admit that I played a little hooky over the holidays. Thanks for your patience with my missing Comments. But I’m back at work now and ready to spread some pithy wisdom. If I can find any. A brief review of the past couple of weeks in markets: up. In fact, the...
by diastole-admin | Dec 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Last week the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee did exactly what 90% of Fed watchers were expecting and lowered interest rates by 25 basis points (1/4 of 1%). The Fed-funds rate now stands at 3.50% to 3.75%. But it was something ELSE that the Fed announced that...
by diastole-admin | Dec 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Apparently, no matter how often Fed week comes, I still get excited about it. We will see and hear the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee report on Wednesday afternoon, and for the first time in a long time, we don’t have clear guidance about what is going to...
by diastole-admin | Dec 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Soon we will enter that awkward period in which we try to remember to write the new year in dates. For me, this lasts roughly from January 1st to sometime in June. But that’s just sneak-peeking at next year, while we’re supposed to be looking at last week. In case you...
