Last week was a quiet one prior to Thanksgiving. News headlines continue to focus on the drawn-out election results and Rudy Giuliani’s hair dye. However, what really bolstered markets last week was hope that a COVID vaccine is around the corner. Investors were certainly thankful for Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccine news. UK-based AstraZeneca has
Good Afternoon, As we head into the end of the year, the focus continues to be on the health of our nation. With the number of cases growing substantially, there is hope that we will have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of 2020. At this time, most states’ numbers are moving in the wrong direction across the country, except
I thought whatever outcome that would come from the post-election results would lead to an increase in volatility for the rest of that week. To my pleasant surprise, the markets didn’t react negatively to a projected President-Elect Joe Biden result. In fact, investors for the most part seemed to welcome the potential change to the
Good Afternoon, With the change of the season, also comes potential changes for our country. After several days of waiting, we now have a presumptive winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, coronavirus cases climb higher, Pfizer announces their vaccine is 90% effective, and the markets remained flat for the week. Four days
Election fatigue is a real thing. Surely, I’m not the only one who was clicking refresh on their favorite news app every fifteen minutes last week; hoping to catch the latest vote count in the must watch states. States like Pennsylvania (my home state), Arizona (which Fox news seemed to have called a bit
Good Afternoon, I hope everyone is doing well. I am not sure if you feel like I do, but I have a post-election hangover and the election is not even over. Markets are continuing to stay in positive territory, COVID-19 cases are on the rise, and the Federal Reserve is keeping its benchmark interest rate near zero. Considering that
My kids really drive me nuts sometimes. Last week my son, Connor, got caught doing something he shouldn’t have been doing. Caught red handed, embarrassed, and extremely tired, he started lashing out at my wife and me. With the heated emotions, my wife and I got into it; arguing about how to deal with
Good Afternoon Valued Clients, Friends and Family, First, I would like to take a moment to thank all the firefighters and first responders for bravely defending homes in Orange County this past week while fighting the two wildfires that broke out in Silverado Canyon and Yorba Linda due to high winds and low humidity. There were no homes lost in the Silverado fire, but unfortunately 7 homes were damaged and
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
