Will the Wolf Howl – Outlook of Interest Rate hike in March
When 2015 began, most voting members of the Federal Reserve believed two rate hikes would be appropriate. Yet only one was delivered. In 2016, the Fed came back with promise …
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Are Investors Too Optimistic
In a blog published by Yahoo Finance on February 20, Author Sam Ro cited a piece of research by Goldman Sachs US Chief Investment Strategist David Kostin. “Cognitive dissonance exists …
Fourth Quarter 2016 Commentaries
The year 2016 began so ominously. Yet it ended with euphoria and optimism. In the first month and half, the S&P 500 swiftly dropped nearly 10%. So it seemed …
简单并非容易
一位老同学听说我在美国做投资，电邮来一篇去年8月发表于华尔街日报中文网络版的文章“投资的至简之道”，作者刘军宁。文章清晰地阐述了
An Ordinary Day
Traffic was a bit heavier than usual today as I made my way to work. At one of the intersections, the usual bespectacled traffic volunteer in his orange vest …
Mystery of the Surging GDP
On Friday Oct 28, The Commerce Department delivered an impressive headline US inflation-adjusted annual GDP growth rate of 2.9%. Stocks roared when market first opened. After paltry GDP growth in …
Third Quarter 2016 Commentaries
There were a lot of noises of increased market turbulence, but not much actual volatility. There were a lot of speeches on raising interest rate, but no action materialized …
Second Quarter 2016 Commentaries
A Non-Expert View on “Brexit” “How may I serve you, Sir?” Thus spoke a pretty brunette with an Italian accent as I stepped to the counter at The Café …