News & Events

Identifying where money is going is vital to your success as an investor. For example, take military spending: In 1985, global military spending was ...

How Will the Pigs Affect...

Am I really talking about PIGS in relationship to the economy? Yes and no. PIGS stand for Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain. Five or even...

How News Affects Your Investing

News has changed. Where we get it. How we get it. When we get it. This has implications for you not only as an individual, but also as an investor....

Home-Building Creates Jobs

Still I hear the question, “Will there be a double dip recession?” No. I don’t think so. During past recessions the real estate and construction...

High Quality

What do the sockeye salmon of Redfish Lake in Idaho and CFM Consolidated have in common? Survival. In 2006, only four of this rare species completed...

Greek Debt

The news is filled with concerns about Greece’s sovereign debt. It’s an investment concern and an economic concern. Some people are touting it as...

Four Reasons the United States...

When it comes to chocolate covered ice cream, I’m all for double dips. In terms of the United States economy, I don’t believe we will see one. At...

Flash Trading

In 2008 very few people had heard of credit default swaps, overnight repos, or collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). Many of the firms that brought...

Flash Crash

A Flash Crash can be described as a quick drop and recovery in stock or security prices. Over the years, numerous companies have witnessed shared...

401ks

Fiduciary or Not?

As a business owner, if you offer a retirement plan to your employee’s you are a plan sponsor and therefore a fiduciary. Even if you hire an advisor...