The Fed Tosses Out a Lifeline In the third quarter of 2020, the market recovery continued unabated. Earlier this spring, the Federal Reserve made many decisions to try to address the economic impact of the COVID pandemic, most notably by lowering interest rates and establishing bond buying programs that essentially provide a government-backed guarantee for significant portions of the public bond market. With this decision, the Federal Reserve became the “buyer of last resort

Cornucopia Welcome to the fourth quarter of 2019! As I was thinking about writing this Q3 Quarterly Market Review, I was thinking of the...

Goodbye, October (The Month of Halloween and Scary Markets) October is a great month in the Pacific Northwest with changing seasons,...

The Meaning, If Any, Of All-Time Highs "Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate...

When Rising Unemployment Can Be a Good Thing The Department of Labor released the latest “jobs report” last week, which highlights the...