Author Archives: Phillip Connors

The swings of the stock market recently have been as much fun as a roller coaster ride for somebody who suffers from dramatic motion sickness. The ups are huge, and the downs are even worse. The market moved into correction territory faster than anytime in history, only to be followed by 2 of the biggestContinue reading “Volatility is Back”

Black Swan events are defined as an unpredictable event or circumstance that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has potentially severe consequences. Though rare, this phenomena can absolutely cause havoc and chaos to the environments at which they enter. The Stock Market is currently experiencing this phenomena. While the market had grown usedContinue reading “The Black Swan”

For the first time, U.S Household debt has topped $ 14 TRILLION. It is true also that the percentage of household’s income to service that debt is the lowest that it’s ever been (thank you low interest rates) but the pattern is concerning. Households run up credit card and other debt, then use the equityContinue reading “Debt debt debt”

The Buffett Indicator A common and well accepted measurement for market pricing is known appropriately as the Buffett Indicator since Warren Buffett created this ratio to analyze stock pricing (or overpricing.) It is a measurement of the total Market Cap of all US publicly traded companies against GDP. When this number exceeds 100%, the marketContinue reading “Buffett Indicator says Beware”