
Can the Election Winner Influence the Stock Market? Not in the Way You Think.
Many investors have decided to wait until the election is decided before investing in the stock market. Based on history, there is a two-to-one chance; this is a bad idea.

Party Like It’s 1999: The Return of Day Trading and Its Impact on the Markets
With so many people impaneled at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, and with the introduction of apps on smartphones like Robinhood that permits people to trade their accounts anywhere, a new generation of day trading has come back to the stock market at full force.

“This Too Shall Pass:” Notes on the Investment Environment Going Forward
After five weeks of quarantine, many people are wondering when, if ever, life will return to normal. The short investment answer is that it won’t.

The Danger and Limits of a Virus: Notes on the COVID-19 Outbreak
The effect on the stock market has been pandemonium. There is an old adage on Wall Street that markets take an escalator going up, but the elevator going down. Program trading has exacerbated this.

Sacrifice the Saver: How Low Interest Rates and Fiscal Stimulus Distort Investor Options
The Federal Reserve recently issued an opinion that was interpreted by many as a signal for a rate cut at the next meeting. The current

The Trade War Comes Home: The Impact of Tariffs on Prices
World War II got off to a slow start. It officially began on September 1, 1939, with the invasion of Poland by German and Russian