Market Update: A Volatile First Half of the Year The first six months of the year gave investors a wild ride, but it ended with a very positive lesson. It was a classic “roller coaster” period. The stock market faced major challenges, including conflict...
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity” – William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming The absence of an economic recession in the U.S. economy in 2023 was a surprise to numerous market commentators. Wall Street...
By Mike LaViña, Private Wealth Advisor & Director of Socially Responsible Investing at Cornerstone Advisory In 1987 the band “U2” released Running to Stand Still. The story goes that the title of the song came from the lead singer, Bono, asking his brother how his...
“Inflation, the rise in priceThat leaves us feeling not so niceThe value of money starts to fallAnd we’re left with less, overall We hope for better days to comeWhen prices will stabilize and becomeAffordable once againAnd we can breathe a sigh of relief, amen.”...
“Men are not disturbed by things, but by the view which they take of them.” ~ Epictetus (AD 50-135) Market Roundup Stoic philosopher Epictetus built his life around discipline and equanimity in the face of many challenges. But even he may have been...
