Tag Archives: Market Volatility

Behold the Hurricane

Lately, It seems like the only certainty is uncertainty. Earlier this week, false hope was cast by the current administration that the Russians were reducing their build-up on the Ukrainian border. Coupled with expectations that the Feds will raise the Fed funds rate approximately 6 times, and you have an information barrage that the marketsContinue reading “Behold the Hurricane”

You Can’t Start a Fire Without a Spark…

Well the destruction continued this week on Wall St., and simply put, what started out as a health crisis has turned and caused a financial one.  Why have the markets been going crazy despite some movement in legislation? Well, it’s the internals of the markets – things like commercial paper, overnight window use, etc.; theContinue reading “You Can’t Start a Fire Without a Spark…”

What the Fed Just Happened?

Sunday the Federal Reserve took the extraordinary measure of cutting the federal funds rate to 0 – .25%.   Along with other steps. The markets subsequently sold off as soon as the futures markets opened at 6PM E.S.T. Sunday, as they interpreted the move as a move indicative that things were worse than they were. Normally,Continue reading “What the Fed Just Happened?”

What Rubber Ducks Can Teach us about Investing through Market Volatility

There are no two ways around it, last week was just flat awful in the markets. However, when I walked into my office the other morning, I found comfort in the most unlikely of things….a set of rubber ducks. As some of you may have seen, I picked up some rubber ducks from the BerkshireContinue reading “What Rubber Ducks Can Teach us about Investing through Market Volatility”