Last Week On the cover of the most recent Barron’s is a picture of a lone bull in a grassy field with the caption “Where Did the Bulls Go?" (Bob Dylan might answer that question if he wrote a song about the stock market.) The cover story highlights that the percentage...
Last Week Stock market trading got off to a grim start on Monday, with no tariff agreements reached over the weekend and President Trump intensifying his pressure on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower rates or face termination. North Star Chief Investment Officer Eric...
Last Week “Slip sliding away, slip sliding away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip sliding away” Paul Simon The stock market posted its seventh negative week out of the last nine, as tariff whipsaw and the standoff between the Federal Reserve...
Last Week “It’s good to be king, if just for a while To be there in velvet, yeah, to give 'em a smile It's good to get high and never come down It's good to be king of your own little town” -Tom Petty The stock market posted its best weekly advance since early...
Last Week In our last commentary, we discussed the onset of the tariff fog. It is safe to say that the fog thickened dramatically, as the details unveiled were far denser than even the most draconian forecast. President Donald Trump's “Liberation Day" turned into...
Last Week Fog appears to be the new buzzword on Wall Street. One definition of Fog is “something that confuses or obscures.” A dense Tariff Fog has descended on the U.S. economy, resulting in dangerous driving for investors and business operators. The hazard lights...
Last Week As March Madness unfolds, we embrace the bounces and rebounds on the hardwood floors around the country, as well as those on Wall Street. The market snapped its four-week losing streak, rebounding from correction territory. The bounce off the correction was...
Last Week In the words of Yogi Berra, “It’s deja vu all over again” as the market slumped to a four-week losing streak, and trade war and economic downturn concerns continued to unnerve investors. “I don’t like Mondays” was in fashion as trading kicked off with...
Last Week The adage goes, “March comes in like a lamb and out like a lion.” For investors, March 2025 came in like a bear, or perhaps, as referenced in the 1977 Heart song, “like a barracuda.” “And if the real thing don't do the trick You better make up something...
Last Week Despite a decent bounce on Friday, damage was still done earlier to the equity markets thanks to the uncertainties caused by tariff talk and softening economic data. The S&P 500 slipped 1%, erasing most of the remaining gains for 2025 and leaving the...