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Nick Blackwell
Sep 15, 20232 min read
Fun Finance Friday #9 “Seasons come and go”
The Bulls and Bears of market Seasonality.
Most months are GREEN… Out of 129 months 88 are green and 41 are red...
Nick Blackwell
Aug 18, 20236 min read
Fictional Finance Friday: Using A.I. to Predict Stock Prices
A.I. seems like the road to El Dorado... Unfortunately for me, I have no practical chance of pulling it off.
Nick Blackwell
Aug 4, 20234 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #7 (Debt and Yields)
Back in January I wrote how interest rates can affect a business plan and the challenges business owners have in a rising rate environment.
Nick Blackwell
Jul 28, 20235 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #6
“We view the market, and understand it, only after it is too late.”
Nick Blackwell
Jul 4, 20233 min read
The Broker of Independence 1776
The markets are closed this fourth of July, but we can still reflect on some of the financiers that paved the way for this Country’s esta...
Nick Blackwell
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #4
“increasing market breadth” is usually a positive signal for stocks. The saying goes, “a rising tide lifts all boats...
Nick Blackwell
Jun 2, 20234 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #3
As we see and hear the rhymes of history we naturally wonder, “Which season are we about to enter?”
Nick Blackwell
May 26, 20232 min read
Fun Finance Friday Post #2
The top 7 stocks in the index now make up 103% of the positive returns this year.
Nick Blackwell
May 19, 20232 min read
Fun Finance Friday
The S&P 500 is up for the year, but how many stocks in it are up?
Nick Blackwell
Jan 11, 20235 min read
2023 Market Narrative
We can thankfully say 2022 is over and last years headwinds may turn into sailable cross winds of 2023.
Nick Blackwell
Nov 11, 20221 min read
THE MORTGAGE RATEBOW
In 2021 a $1500 monthly mortgage budget could buy a $380,000 mortgage, in 2022 that only buys a $215,000
Nick Blackwell
Oct 14, 20222 min read
Midterms and Markets
Andy Blackwell asks, “What was the average return for the years after a midterm election?
The results surprised me…
Nick Blackwell
Sep 21, 20224 min read
1913 World of Change
Problematic Narratives:
Over the years the fed has not stuck with the same story regarding the use of quantitative easing or tightening...
Nick Blackwell
Jun 15, 20224 min read
The Dilemma...
Everyone at this point knows that the fed must raise interest rates, right?
Nick Blackwell
Jan 20, 20224 min read
2022 Market Narrative
Coming off the tails of incredible gains in 2020 and 2021 the markets are hitting choppy water. Among the chief concerns for economists and
Nick Blackwell
Sep 27, 20215 min read
Helicopter Miracle
“What would happen if a helicopter dropped bags full of money into a small town?” Nobel Memorial Prize winner, Milton Freidman, proposed...
Nick Blackwell
Oct 15, 20203 min read
Have We Killed the Cat?
Sorry cat people but I didn’t make this up… In the mid-twentieth century Erwin Schrödinger proposed a thought experiment to explain a...
Nick Blackwell
May 6, 20202 min read
A Word for Millennials
This Mothers day remember your elders, remember and empathize with the times they had raising you. Give them a call, ask about their story a
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