After years of minor battles, last week the Trump Trade War exploded across the globe with his "Liberation Day" announcement on Wednesday afternoon. On day 1 in office he signed an order to study all trade agreements with a due date at the beginning of April. We knew the day
Over the long-term, the S&P 500 has averaged a 10% return. Over the past 8 years, we’ve seen 5 years of 20%+ returns, including the past two years. Stocks also posted losses of 4% and 18% in 2 other years. When investing, one
Markets move in cycles. This is obvious to anybody who has tracked the market for more than a few years. Part of each cycle is the "driver" of the move (up or down). The bulk of 2023 and 2024 was on mega-cap tech stocks and AI in particular. Following the
"And God blessed them. And God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'" - Genesis 1:
Nobody likes going through anything uncomfortable. That's just human nature. This is also true when investing.
Over the long-term, stock market returns have averaged around 10% per year. This is true whether you go back to 1990, 1950, or even 1926. When you start investing the 10% sounds great. What
