SLAP CHOP Let’s be real. No one misses cable TV. But if there’s one thing I do miss, it’s the infomercials. Billy Mays had the football uniforms spotless.Tony Horton had the whole house shredded with P-90X by summer. And lately, the S&P 500 seems to...

It’s that time of year again—my wife asked me to get some quotes on homeowners insurance because our current provider wants to raise our rates…again. Between premium increases and claims denials, it’s easy to hate these companies. However, as...

Context is Everything “Honey, is that Jim? Why is he stumbling down the street? He looks drunk. Pull over, let’s check on him.” “Hey Jim, are you okay?” Sally asked. “I’m good, Sally. We’re just filming a skit for our...

I’m a Chartered Market Technician While traveling to India last week, I received the official news that I had become a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). This week I wanted to reflect on a few key lessons I’ve learned since being introduced to the world...

Seek and You Will Find The markets are beautiful. A puzzle that never has all its pieces—and that’s the fun of it. Every day brings a plethora of new data to analyze. New opportunities to keep solving the unsolvable. But as market-related data continues...

Take A Deep Breathe In through your nose, out through your mouth. In through your nose, out through your mouth. One last time….In through your nose, out through your mouth. See how refreshing that is? That’s the Kryptonite to bad decision-making in...

The Sleeping Giants We need to be reminded more than we need to be taught. As a friendly reminder, the S&P 500 plays favorites. It’s a market-capitalization-weighted index, which means it gives more weight to companies that are growing and less...

See a little…see a lot. During practice, my football coach used to repeat a mantra: “See a little, see a lot, see a lot, see nothing.” He point was to focus on the details during practice and master them. In a game, it gets loud and chaotic. When you try...

Mr. Clean Market In most business schools, you eventually study Six Sigma or Lean management.One of the first steps in any lean process? Clean the environment. Why? Because clarity drives performance.A clean space improves focus, removes friction, and...

March Sadness Confession. I’m a perma-optimist by nature. I love when the market goes up.I love seeing people succeed.And the reality is: when we’re in an uptrend, that tends to happen a lot more often. So yeah, I root for the market to go up. Now, I get...