Just a few months ago, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon were grilled in front of politicians for their industry dominance, and then not even a day later were awarded by Wall Street for that same dominance. That was an incredibly eventful week. And well, just last week we saw the first antitrust bullet fired
Good Afternoon, Another week in the books for 2020 and it has come out swinging. The final presidential face-off is tonight, stimulus talks are hopeful, the DOJ is suing Google, a worldwide surge in Covid cases, and the World Series is underway. Tonight, President Trump and Democratic candidate Vice President Joe Biden will have their final presidential debate before
Ahead of the upcoming presidential election in a few weeks, a recurring question on the minds of many investors is “should I change my allocation?” It’s a fair question to ask. Especially given the drastically different ideals of the two presidential candidates on nearly every front (political, economic, and social). But if history is
Good Afternoon Valued Clients, Friends and Family, This week has been a big week filled with news and headlines. Supreme Court Justice nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, was feeling the heat, U.S. stocks wavered, and Europe is heading towards another lockdown as COVID-19 cases are on the rise. After three days of testimony, Judge
Politics continued to dominate headlines again last week and over the weekend. Be it President Trump’s COVID diagnosis and recovery to the canceled debates and stimulus talks. Despite all this noise, equity markets have regained their momentum and finished another week higher. All the political news is masking some important market news including this
Good Afternoon, Autumn is finally here, it is officially sweater weather, and the headlines just keep on coming. We had our first and only Vice-Presidential debate, Regeneron and Eli Lilly seek FDA approval, stimulus talks are back on, and the markets continue to rally. Last night, Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala
Driving around Southern California has been a pleasure these past few months. One of the few benefits of this COVID shutdown is that the freeways have been remarkably open. Less commuters, less travel. The last time my family took a good road trip was down to San Diego in January. On our way back,
Happy October! As we enter the final quarter of the year, it feels as if we have been jumping up and down in a giant bounce house called 2020. This year has been filled with ups and downs with coronavirus cases, the stock market, the presidential election, and the ongoing negotiations of the
Well, everyone predicted it. To no one’s surprise, equity markets are having the typical pre-election jitters. The increased volatility before the upcoming presidential election is the one thing in 2020 that many actually did predict. The market has been taking some hits for four straight weeks, and we are about ten percent off the
Good Afternoon Valued Clients, Friends and Family, Although we are still feeling the heat, fall is officially here. As we are enjoying our Pumpkin Spice Lattes, there is a lot of headline news this week, from the death of a Supreme Court Justice, more positive steps in the development of a vaccine and the continuing locomotion of
