In August of last year Congress passed the so-called Inflation Reduction Act and included within the Act is a 1% excise tax on the fair market value of stock…
Since October 13, 2022 the S&P 500 Index is up 11.80% on a price only basis. For the start of 2023 the S&P 500 Index is up 4.16% through January 13, 2023. The…
Winter 2022 Investor Letter: Closing The Book on 2022
“A Bear of a Market” and “Nowhere to Hide.” These were a few of the headings from our Investor Letters last year, so along with most investors we are happy to…
With the market's close on Friday investors happily say goodbye to 2022. One area within equites that outperformed the broader market was stocks that had…
A few weeks ago I wrote an article covering the elevated level of the CBOE Equity Put/Call ratio and the fact it was in uncharted territory. At the time of…
Eyes are on the Fed again this week as the FOMC will announce their interest rate decision on Wednesday. Last month the Fed gave indications the magnitude of…
Recent levels for the equity put/call ratio suggest investors are exhibiting extreme equity market bearishness. A cluster of readings above 1.0 have occurred…
Last week the Fed released minutes from its most recent meeting and the minutes gave an indication the Fed was near pausing and/or slowing the pace of interest…
The pace of the Federal Reserve's interest rate increases has been the fastest on record. On a year over year basis the rate of change for the Fed Funds rate…
The Federal Reserve's aggressive push higher in the Fed Funds rate has resulted in mortgage interest rates following suit and rapidly moving higher as well…
These rate hikes are an effort by the Fed to rein in inflation by making it more expensive to spend or finance purchases and more expensive for businesses to…
Dogs Of The Dow: An Outperforming Strategy In 2022
With only two months left in the year, the 2022 Dogs of the Dow continue to maintain an impressive performance advantage over the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices…