by diastole-admin | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
If the traffic on I-95 was anything to judge by, not many people were working last week. Markets closed at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, and remained closed on Friday. But the Nasdaq Composite Index and Standard & Poor’s 500 still managed to close at new highs for the...
by diastole-admin | Jun 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Stock markets were UP last week to record highs as investors discounted the future impacts of tariffs and embraced the Iran-Israel cease fire. Bond markets also rose, pushing yields down. Oil prices have fallen on hopes that the Middle East has settled down. Some...
by diastole-admin | Jun 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
I took the weekend off; what did I miss? I’m kidding – even though it’s not funny at all. Saturday night the U.S. launched an airstrike against nuclear-enrichment sites in Iran. We do not yet have an assessment of how successful the strikes were. And we are...
by diastole-admin | Jun 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
My birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks, and as usual I am asking for world peace. Short of that, I could really use some Diet Coke and a good book. Your choice. Stock prices didn’t move a lot last week, until Friday when the May jobs report was released and it...
by diastole-admin | Jun 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
It’s June! It’s June! Soon schools will be out and cicadas from Brood XIV will be coming to a sidewalk near you (in the Midwest and East). Yay! In other news, there isn’t much other news. We had Monday off last week for Memorial Day, and investment people apparently...
