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The U.S. stock market took a beating in the third quarter of 2015.  Most indexes fell around 10%.  Trading volume wasn't particularly h...

America went through an economic malaise during the 1970s.  Personal incomes grew faster in those days than they have under the current regi...

The decline in gasoline prices was the big story during the fourth quarter.  Crude oil prices began that downward move earlier in the year. ...

Small cap stocks fought an uphill battle in Q3.  Investors around the world reduced risk in response to a cacophony of geopolitical and eco...

The U.S. stock market has come under renewed pressure.  In the short run prices are falling across the board.  Before long, though, the fea...

Everybody had a good to reason to explain why the stock market caved in last week.   Our comments last month discussed how investors had ign...

If you’re a regular reader of these pages then you know that we harbor a fondness for most things baseball. The game is at once pure...