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11 Sep 2015 Our Down and Dirty on the World Economy

Posted at 14:13h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

A couple of days ago a friend and client suggested we were just too darned upbeat in our economic briefs. He was right. We do indeed try to see the positive aspects of the economy, leaving the the doom & gloom and the sensational to the ad-selling media.

04 Sep 2015 Ignore Opinions, It’s Earnings That Matter

Posted at 09:08h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

Investing in stocks is the very best way to passively build wealth over a lifetime. But too many think it is more like gambling than sensible wealth-creation. The stock market's gyrations of late can certainly reinforce the argument that it's too risky a bet for the family nest egg.

28 Aug 2015 Fortress America?

Posted at 11:57h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

Can the US economy continue to plow ahead against global headwinds of the slowing economies of China, Europe and the developing world? Can it withstand the rapid devaluation of the oil industry and commodity prices? And most important of all, can it remain healthy during a period of rising interest rates?

24 Aug 2015 Beacon Flash

Posted at 11:23h in The Friday Brief by Sam Bass Jr.

Since its peak on May 21st, the S&P has fallen by nearly 10%. Stocks were pretty well behaved in the weeks that followed Fed Chair Janet Yellen's May speech in which she warned that interest rates would likely begin rising this year. But China's equity slide last Monday became the catalyst for a more significant US equity slide of 5% for the week ended last Friday. As of this writing, stock averages are down another 3%.