by J Thomas Knight | Mar 22, 2022 | Commentaries
Commentary: Week of March 14, 2022 With every passing month, politicians and economists try to blame inflation on anything but excess money growth. As inflation gets worse, just like the 1970s, the list of excuses for inflation grows longer. At the start of the year,...
by J Thomas Knight | Mar 7, 2022 | Commentaries
Commentary: Week of March 07, 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led western nations to impose the most draconian economic sanctions in the modern era. The Russian stock and bond markets have collapsed, along with Russia’s currency, the ruble. Many investors fear that...
by J Thomas Knight | Feb 28, 2022 | Commentaries
Commentary: Week of February 28, 2022 They say the truth is the first casualty of war…so, here we are about one week into the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the fog of war is still very thick. Over the past few weeks, it has been conventional wisdom that Russia would...
by J Thomas Knight | Dec 27, 2021 | Commentaries
Commentary: Week of December 27, 2021 Investors were feeling bullish. Last week, the Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) Index closed at a record high for the 68th time this year. That’s the second-highest number of record closes in a single year. The highest...
by J Thomas Knight | Nov 30, 2021 | Commentaries
Commentary: Week of November 29, 2021 COVID-19 strikes again. Coronavirus cases have been on the rise in Europe, climbing from about 700,000 new cases a week in September to 2.6 million a week in November, reported Richard Pérez-Peña and Jason Horowitz of the New York...
by J Thomas Knight | Nov 22, 2021 | Commentaries
Commentary: November 22, 2021 Thinking about the possibilities. The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index finished last week slightly higher and has gained about 6 percent during the past 25 days; however, investors have curbed their enthusiasm. The S&P 500...
