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Mike Dickson, Ph.D.

Aahhhh…

With election results finalized, investors take a breath. The election is over—and financial markets are

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A Strong Foundation

Consumer spending, corporate earnings, and the overall economy remain robust. Investors will examine one of

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China Takes Off

It’s been 17 years since we’ve seen a weekly return this strong Long-suffering Chinese stocks

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A Smoother Road?

Successful investing doesn’t have to be a thrill ride. Anyone who has driven California’s Pacific

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A Fall Harvest?

Here’s how stocks may perform for the rest of 2024 As the fall harvest season

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Ready To Cut

Fed Chair Powell tees up the long-awaited rate cut Fed Chair Powell said just about

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Don’t Panic!

The S&P 500 fell 3% on Monday—its biggest one-day decline in nearly two years—amid growing

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July is Hot!

Is the seventh month of the year a stock investor’s best friend? While scorching temperatures

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Simply Ncredible

Thanks to AI, it seems a bunch of people want Nvidia’s semiconductors. Is it Nvidia’s

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The Details Matter

Derivatives can be effective when you know what you’re buying or selling. Covered call option

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High Yield Action

Taking a tactical approach to “junk” bonds Yield-hungry investors eyeing an eventual Fed rate cut

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Good Vibes

The economy and inflation are lining up as investors hoped they would. All eyes were

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Perking Up!

Most stocks have been laggards this year, but that could be starting to change.  It’s

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A Good Option

One active approach to risk management is currently beating the market. Risk management can be

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A Hard Road

Three years of less-than-stellar financial market performance. It’s been a tough slog for investors over

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The Homebuyer Blues

House hunters are facing a shocking number these days. Pity today’s homebuyers who are looking

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Call Me!

A covered call strategy offers the potential for risk mitigation, current income, and outperformance. Innovative

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Too Much of Nothing

What tools can investors use to fight longevity risk in retirement?  Many retirees today probably

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Aahhhh…

With election results finalized, investors take a breath. The election is over—and financial markets are breathing a huge sigh of relief. Case in point: Investors

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A Strong Foundation

Consumer spending, corporate earnings, and the overall economy remain robust. Investors will examine one of the last snapshots of the economy’s health before election day—and

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Happy Birthday, Bull!

The stock market is two years (and counting) into a bull market. Last Saturday marked the second anniversary of the current bull market for stocks.

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China Takes Off

It’s been 17 years since we’ve seen a weekly return this strong Long-suffering Chinese stocks broke out of their doldrums last week following the announcement

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Let’s Get It Started

Are you ready? All eyes are on Jerome Powell on Wednesday as investors await the Federal Reserve Board’s near-certain decision to cut the federal funds

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A Smoother Road?

Successful investing doesn’t have to be a thrill ride. Anyone who has driven California’s Pacific Coast Highway or North Carolina and Tennessee’s Tail of the

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A Fall Harvest?

Here’s how stocks may perform for the rest of 2024 As the fall harvest season begins, it’s a time of reaping the rewards of hard

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Ready To Cut

Fed Chair Powell tees up the long-awaited rate cut Fed Chair Powell said just about everything investors wanted to hear during his Jackson Hole, Wyoming

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Stocks Come Roaring Back

Best week of 2024 for the S&P 500 After a brief summer slump and a short-lived overreaction, stocks enjoyed their best week since November, up

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Don’t Panic!

The S&P 500 fell 3% on Monday—its biggest one-day decline in nearly two years—amid growing fears that July’s slowdown in hiring could spark a recession.

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Investors Get Spooked

Market volatility spikes—but how much should you worry about it? The first full week of August started with a bang: The S&P 500 dropped 3%

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The Comeback Kids

A growing number of stocks are having their moment in the sun Everybody loves a good comeback story: Seabiscuit. The Mighty Ducks. 493 stocks in

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July is Hot!

Is the seventh month of the year a stock investor’s best friend? While scorching temperatures continue to sweep across much of the country, equity investors

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The Best – Or the Rest?

Are there potential opportunities beyond the handful of big stock market winners? The equity market has spent the better part of 2024 notching a series

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Simply Ncredible

Thanks to AI, it seems a bunch of people want Nvidia’s semiconductors. Is it Nvidia’s world and we’re just living in it? At least, that’s

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In Fighting Shape

Are U.S. consumers ready to go more rounds? “When will the consumer finally crack?” is a question that seems to be on more investors’ minds

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Can Stocks Keep Running?

First-quarter returns suggest the market may have more to give. Stocks went out like a lion in March, with the S&P 500 hitting its 22nd

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The Details Matter

Derivatives can be effective when you know what you’re buying or selling. Covered call option strategies can be an innovative and potentially impactful way to

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High Yield Action

Taking a tactical approach to “junk” bonds Yield-hungry investors eyeing an eventual Fed rate cut are moving into high-yield corporate bonds thesedays, a show of

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An Inflation Head-Fake?

Prices of many services are heating up again. Last week, we learned that the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge—the core personal consumption expenditures(PCE) price index—rose by

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A World of Opportunity

Do shares of non-U.S. companies deserve a place in your portfolio? With soaring U.S. stocks—and domestic tech stocks in particular—capturing the headlines these days, it’s

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Good Vibes

The economy and inflation are lining up as investors hoped they would. All eyes were on the Fed this week as it held its first

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Perking Up!

Most stocks have been laggards this year, but that could be starting to change.  It’s no secret that a minute group of tech stocks has

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A Good Option

One active approach to risk management is currently beating the market. Risk management can be an important component of goals-based planning. Used well, it has

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A Hard Road

Three years of less-than-stellar financial market performance. It’s been a tough slog for investors over roughly the past three years, with most corners of the

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A Roaring U.S. Economy?

GDP growth over the past three months may have been huuuuuge. Third-quarter GDP growth could be a monster. True, it’ll be a few weeks before

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The Homebuyer Blues

House hunters are facing a shocking number these days. Pity today’s homebuyers who are looking at an average monthly mortgage payment just shy of $2,900.

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Is Fixed Income Broken?

It’s been bleak days—and lots of them—for bond investors. As the fourth quarter begins, bonds are on track for a third consecutive calendar year of

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Call Me!

A covered call strategy offers the potential for risk mitigation, current income, and outperformance. Innovative strategies to mitigate risk and generate income are an important

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Investors Keep Calm and Carry On

Stock market volatility has fallen to multi-year lows? “Merrily, we roll along, roll along.” Those Stephen Sondheim lyrics pretty much summarize the sentiment among a

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Homes! Homes! Homes!

The housing market is the latest economic indicator to light up the charts? One of the key leading indicators of future economic activity—construction of new

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Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

The positive surprises in the labor market just keep on coming. Job creation in the U.S. continues to defy expectations. Case in point: last week’s

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The Wheat and the Chaff

Identifying investment opportunities may take a sharper focus going forward Fears about banks’ financial health have dominated many investors’ thoughts for weeks. But as we

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Too Much of Nothing

What tools can investors use to fight longevity risk in retirement?  Many retirees today probably remember the 1976 disco hit “Right Back Where We Started

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A Tale of Two Markets

There’s tech, and there’s the rest Investors in tech stocks these days are a wildly happy bunch. Everybody else? Not so much. The gap between

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When Risk Management Fails

Put “protection” has come up short lately—but there’s a better way. Put options are often a go-to risk management strategy among investors seeking protection against

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