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.
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Investors conveniently ignore bear markets that hit over the past decade
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)
November Client Letter
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
Client Letter – Market Jitters
Here is the client letter from August 9th.
11 Reasons to Carry a Mortgage
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.
Where We Live: The John McLoughlin House
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.
Scam Alerts
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
RIO – U.S. Paralympian – Sponsorship from TD Ameritrade Institutional
Boiler Room Alert: If You Get a Call Like This, Don’t Bite—and Don’t Buy
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.