Hey Friends. I hope my post finds you well.
Never since I started investing in stocks has the market been more confusing and convoluted. Our financial foundations seem to be floating on air today. National debt was 122.9% of the nominal GDP for our nation as of September 2023. […]
Hey Friends. Today, I’ll post with regard to a specific account found on many balance sheets, especially on the balance sheets of financial companies. The account is Investment (in Marketable Securities).
Specifically, today’s post considers accounting for Investments in Debt Securities (e.g. Bonds). It seems a fitting topic, given the present highly-charged interest rate environment. Bond prices bear an inverse relationship to interest rates. As rates rise, bond values decrease. A company that has a large portfolio of investments in bonds has likely seen steep declines in the market value of its portfolio. […]
Hello friends! I hope this post today finds you doing well.
My wife and I have been traveling and my post is brief today, yet salient. This market is very much on edge in my view. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) doesn’t indicate fear among investors at this time. Yet, there are so many uncertain and significant macro variables lurking that could change things quickly and adversely with regard to the continued (surprising) relative resilience of the current stock market. […]
Hey Friends. In 2013, my book, “Choose Stocks Wisely,” was published. Its emphasis is on the balance sheet as the starting point for stock investment analysis. Why this emphasis? […]
Hey Friends. I hope your summer is off to a great start. Here in the deep south, we have recently seen unusual rains and electrical storms but it has all calmed down now and it’s the typical summer weather again (hot and humid with isolated showers once in a while).
While the weather has been unusual lately, the market is more unusual, in my view. Feelings can steer you off course, but this market feels very “weird” to me. The uncertainties of runaway debt levels coupled with inflation where the jury is still out on the Fed’s future course of adjusting interest rates just don’t seem to correlate at all with the confidence shown toward stocks. […]
Hey Friends. I hope you are enjoying the arrival of spring, and that my post finds you doing well. Today’s post will present some of my thoughts on money, in light of the long-predicted arrival of inflation. […]
Hello again friends. Thank you, as always, for your support toward my writing efforts. Thank you for reading my blog posts!
Are we in a recession? Are we going to see inflation brought under control very soon? If so, will it be soon enough to enable a soft landing for the economy, and then followed by a swift recovery? When one has money invested in the stock market, questions like the ones just posed can test the emotions. We don’t like uncertainty but that’s the nature of the stock market. […]
Hey friends. I hope you are doing well! As we approach another fall season, 2022 thus far has seemed a fast-moving time of great turbulence on most fronts. Yet, here we are and God, just as He did when this year and all those before it had their beginnings, remains in control of His universe. He is not wringing His great Hands nor does He slumber, and He tells all those who look to Him in faith: […]
Hello friends. I hope this post finds you doing really well. Summer is quickly approaching here in the deep south. Temperatures around our town are already hitting the 90+ degree level. It’s “hot” today — and humid!
The stock market surely isn’t hot at this time. As you know, it’s in a tailspin. Many stock market pundits have that “deer in the headlights” look about them as they scramble to forward their opinions as to “what’s next for the stock market,” or “where’s the bottom,” etc. […]
Hey Friends,
Uncertainty can be deemed risk in the realm of stock investing. With skyward inflation, concerns over the Fed’s management of interest rates, an exponentially growing (already astronomical national debt), the war in Russia/Ukraine (what will it be tomorrow?) and on and on — macro risk is eye-popping for the marketplace. […]
