The Stock Market Has Bounced, Now What?
October 23, 2015 FINANCE, Finance 0
Since the highs in July the S&P 500 had corrected about 14% – the Dow Jones fell even more. In September, just when things looked about to get worse, the market started moving higher and has not stopped. As of…
Selling Stocks Is Easy
October 1, 2015 FINANCE, Finance 0
There are few things worse than having the market go against you. As a Wall Street trader for many years, I have had tens of thousands of positions go against me – not fun, but each was a lesson learned….
Is Market Negativity Good For Stocks?
September 14, 2015 FINANCE, Finance 0
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 8% year-to-date, investor attitudes are gloomy at best. Yet the US stock market is at the same point it was in September of 2014 – we are close to “unchanged” on a year-over-year…
How To Handle Stock Market Crashes
My rule #1: Panic when others are calm, be calm when others are panicking. This rule served me well during my time on Wall Street – some of my best trading days occurred on days when “panic” was in the…
The Martin Mitchell Mansion Friendship Plate is on the move again
September 20, 2014 Community 0
With the plate filled with “Grandma’s Best Brownies,” baked to perfection by Laura Brown, left, Mark Brown presented the tasty treats to Vicky Joseph, founder of Families Helping Families, one of the charitable causes his company, a group of financial planners…
CAN passed the Friendship Plate in Naperville’s Central Park
September 20, 2014 Community 0
To celebrate the 130th birthday of the grand Victorian mansion at Naper Settlement, the yearlong journey that began on June 29 for the Martin Mitchell Mansion Friendship Plate continued in Central Park on Saturday morning. Sherry Healey, who leads a…
A Naperville businessman has started a campaign to raise funds to buy trackchairs…
Army veteran Bob Ariola is just the person who Scott Flak wants to help. Flak, a Naperville resident and owner of Second City Web Design, is launching a fundraising drive to buy a track chair to loan out to disabled…
Families Helping Families Benefit Dinner and Auctions
2015 Benefit Dinner and Auctions Sponsored by Mark Brown and Associates, Gerald Auto Group, Naperville Magazine, Cleaner Living Services, and US Bank, Naperville. Guests enjoyed an evening of cocktails, dinner, the music of Pederson Productions DJ Service and dancing! This…
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USA Today
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“The Small business health care tax credit will increase in the upcoming tax year, but some business owners say it is difficult to claim.”
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Washington Examiner
November 27, 2013 In the News, News 0
“Survey Finds Doctors Rebelling Against Obamacare, Famous Hospitals Declining to Join”