As we continue to witness a never-ending bull market in U.S. equities – having recently made all time highs in the S&P 500 and DOW indices – many investors are beginning to wonder what is driving the market up.  While many companies have divulged promising news this year, the overall…

“Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain…

With the S&P 500 up +3%, we reversed the equity market’s loss of August, which was a reversal of the gain in July.  Uncertainty in Washington is the favored reason for this sideways trade, though anyone paying attention to the US political-fiscal situation knew that the budget / debt-limit battle…

If you have been in the market to buy a home recently, chances are you’ve noticed that mortgage rates have gone up from their lows many months ago.  While this is causing some home buyers to lock up a mortgage due to fears that interest rates will continue to rise,…