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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
A seismic event happened this past week. No, not the 4.6 magnitude earthquake that rattled us Friday night. While a little jarring to my kids, those of us that grew up in Southern California know that a 4.6 is a minor rattler. Given how 2020 is going, a 4.6 seems quite an afterthought, no?
