01 Oct 2020

Posted at 14:05h in The Friday Brief by

  'Tis the season for political ads, campaign yard signs and presidential debates. I knew the 2020 presidential election was nearing but for some reason, probably Tuesday’s debate, I just realized how close it actually is. As of the posting of this brief, Election Day is...

03 Sep 2020

Posted at 20:33h in The Friday Brief by

There's almost always something interesting going on with the stock market. Lately, it’s been hard to ignore the dominance of large U.S. technology stocks. The fact that the stock market, as measured by the S&P 500, is up 9.16% year-to-date as of September 1st is...

13 Aug 2020

Posted at 16:26h in The Friday Brief by

In 1985, I was 13 years old.  That year I earned $484 working at a local tennis club taking care of the clay tennis courts. My job involved sweeping the courts with a wide pull-behind broom, cleaning the line tape with a line broom and...