EOT Update
EOT Position Update – December 2, 2015
Market Snapshot We’re into the home stretch of 2015. Right now the S&P 500 is up 3% year-to-date. The October rally erased the September losses. But November brought a return to the flat market that was the norm for most of the year. Once again, the strong performance of a few mega-cap stocks is the […]
EOT Position Update – November 25, 2015
Market Snapshot Happy Thanksgiving! Stocks rebounded in the early days of last week as world powers united against ISIS. But this week the market stagnated on low volume heading into the holiday. The uptick in the S&P 500 is largely being fueled by a few mega-cap stocks. The vast majority of stocks aren’t participating in […]
EOT Position Update – November 18, 2015
Market Snapshot Terrorism struck the civilized world again over the weekend. This time the attackers hit Paris. The horrific events and loss of life are tragic. My heart goes out to those that have been impacted by these events. Needless to say, terrorism is back at the top of the agenda for world leaders. I […]
EOT Position Update – November 11, 2015
Market Snapshot It’s Veterans Day today. So, I’ll start off by thanking all of the men and women who have sacrificed so much so we can live in the greatest country in the world. Your efforts are truly appreciated and sacrifice is never forgotten. As we turn our attention to the stock market, there’s no […]
EOT Position Update – November 4, 2015
Market Snapshot First off, congratulations to my Kansas City Royals… it’s been 30 years since they won a World Series. It was so much fun cheering them on as they took home the crown again this year. That said, let’s take a look at the markets… US stocks enjoyed an impressive rally over the last […]
EOT Position Update – October 28, 2015
Market Snapshot Major League Baseball’s World Series got underway last night. I grew up going to Kansas City Royals games and even named my first son Brett after my childhood baseball hero, George Brett. So, you can guess who I’m rooting for… sorry Mets fans. The Royals took game one in a marathon 14 inning […]
EOT Position Update – October 21, 2015
Market Snapshot Right now new information is coming at us on a daily basis. And it’s a challenge to make heads or tails of it. The environment is so difficult that many hedge funds are throwing in the towel. More than 400 hedge funds simply shut down and returned money to investors in the first […]
EOT Position Update – October 14, 2015
Market Snapshot US stocks have managed to rally over the last week. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials, and the NASDAQ have all climbed back above the 50-day moving average coming into today. But they all remain well below the important 200-day moving average. Additionally, the CBOE Volatility Index or VIX, a widely watched gauge […]
EOT Position Update – October 7, 2015
Market Snapshot Some of you know that I grew up on a large family farm in Nebraska. They have a saying about the weather in Nebraska… if you don’t like it, just wait a few hours and it’s bound to change. Over the last few weeks, the stock market has been behaving in much the […]
EOT Position Update – September 30, 2015
Market Snapshot It’s not even October and I’m already seeing Thanksgiving items are for sale at the grocery store… Christmas isn’t far behind and soon 2015 will be history. How stocks finish the year is still very much up in the air. Right now we are seeing an escalation of the fears that triggered the […]
