Hello again, May is here, flowers and trees are blooming, and the weather is warming up. May is my favorite month of the year. Every day gets longer and I love waking up to sunlight, and the sun stays out long into the night. Plus lots of outdoor activities, and summer is right around [...]
Performance DJIA: Mon 5/4 +0.11% Tues 5/5 +0.56% Wed 5/6 -0.91% Thurs 5/7 +0.89% Fri 5/8 +1.91% Last week +2.56% (4 weeks in a row, very little change) Since 2/19 market high -17.09% Bond model you are in: Last week +0.12% Since bought in -0.36% Tid Bits: 1. V shape, versus W shape, versus U [...]
Hello again, Mark spends his weekends shoveling dirt and planting vines so it is Angela again (aka Mark’s surrogate keyboard Jedi) helping make sure he is minimizing usage of his wrist. An update with his injury is that he was lucky enough not to fracture any bones but his doctor confirmed that he tore multiple [...]
Good morning, Today’s email is coming to you from Angela Hudson here in the office as Mark may have fractured wrist and cannot type (ouch!). He is going in to get an X-ray a little later on today and we wish him a speedy recovery. He is standing behind me 6 feet away and KEEPS [...]
Hello again! I hope all of you are healthy and staying safe. Our family is doing our part. Everything is shipped to our house including groceries and pharmacy. We only go to work or the farm. However we don’t seem to be going crazy just yet. Here is the latest information we can consolidate. Next [...]
Hello once again, I am doing my best to minimize the amount of information in today’s email from previous weeks. I hope this email finds you healthy, coronavirus free, and of good spirits. Happy Easter and Passover to everyone. Our investment committee is made up of Tom Strandell, Angela Lyman, Mike Cy, Mike Axelrod, Pat [...]
Hello again I hope this email finds you and your loved ones healthy. Life has changed hasn’t it? I often catch myself wondering if this was the norm, would this be so bad? I guess it’s all in what you get use to. But, I’m missing the shaking of hands, the hugs, going out to [...]
First, a big thank you to all who listened in last Wednesday’s teleconference. The attendance was so high, it maxed out the capacity of the teleconference company we used for this. Second, thank you for all those who attended for your patience due to the noise and delays to get started. Third, I apologize for [...]
Investment Commentary – March 24, 2020 Year to Date Market Indices as of Market Close March 24, 2020 • Dow 20,704 (-27.45%) • S&P 2,447 (-24.25%) • NASDAQ 7,417 (-17.33%) • Gold $1,669 (9.80%) • Oil $24.33 (-60.25%) • Barclay Bond Aggregate (1.07%) • Fed Funds Rate 0-0.25 (-0.50% 3/15/20) • US Real GDP Growth [...]
Investment Commentary – March 18, 2020 Year to Date Market Indices as of Market Close March 17, 2020 • Dow 19,983.66 (-5.90%) • S&P 2,389 (-5.53%) • NASDAQ 7,009 (-4.47%) • Gold $1,501 (-1.62%) • Oil $23.37 (-13.28%) Thoughts on the Coronavirus, the Economy, and Markets What Just Happened? On March 16, U.S. markets responded [...]