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Jason Zweig, from the Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2019:

Investors should get used to big stock-price moves, like Monday’s 600-point drop in the Dow, because they’re here to stay.

Read the article on the WSJ site here.

The birthday party Wall Street is throwing for the bull market’s 10th birthday is a fraud.

Opinion: This bull market is 10 years old? Try three months

(external link to MarketWatch.com)

Here is our November client letter, and the article that it references.

Client Letter November 2018
Jeremy Siegel_ What’s Behind the Recent Stock Market Volatility

Here is the client letter from August 9th.

Client letter – Market Jitters

11 Great Reasons to Carry a Big, Long Mortgage (PDF document)

Note: This link is to a PDF document that is in Landscape mode (wider than tall). Most readers offer a View option to rotate the pages for easier reading on screen, which may help with this document.

A little something from KOIN 6…

Most of us have traveled McLoughlin Boulevard between Portland and Oregon City. It’s named for the founder of Oregon City and the man many call the father of Oregon.

Source: Where We Live: The John McLoughlin House

This first article talks about how thieves can gain access to your home:
Not All Thieves are Stupid

And this article is about a new scam that just uses the word ‘yes’ to rip you off:
FCC Phone Scam Warning

U.S. Paralympian Sees His Roll to Rio as a Mission to Motivate (click to read or download PDF).

Boiler room-style calls are characterized by high pressure sales pitches from people who call you out of the blue, working from a list or simply dialing from a phone book. FINRA is issuing this alert because we have seen an increase in aggressive calls touting the next hot stock. Callers tend to target seniors, and have been all-too successful in conning people of all ages into buying penny stocks and other speculative investments.

Read the full article here.