Two Charts to Watch in 2022
– By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, February 7, 2022 So much has already happened in the financial markets thus far in 2022, it’s hard to pick only a few charts that will help us understand what the rest…
What To Expect In 2022
– By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, December 15, 2021 With 2021 winding down, all eyes are on what will happen to markets in 2022. Let’s start with the very basic fact that no one knows what the future…
Enjoy the Ride
– By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, September 20, 2021 It has been one heck of a ride in US stocks since the “Covid Crash” lows. The S&P 500 index* is up just shy of 100% since March 23rd…
The Only Winning Move
– By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, May 18, 2021 Have you ever seen the movie War Games (1983)? The film, which stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy, follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to…
The Inflation Boogeyman
– By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, March 2, 2021 Inflation was on the minds of investors as February 2021 came to a close. As you can see in the chart below, inflation expectations have risen sharply from the…
Three Key Investing Charts for 2021
– By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, January 5, 2021 As the 2021 investing year gets going, I thought I would post a few charts* that I think are important for investors this year. The first chart is a…
The Optimism Bias
– By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, November 30, 2020 I am currently reading a book titled “The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain” by Tali Sharot (see below for Amazon link). The Optimism Bias is simply:…
The Election is Coming!
By: Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, August 27, 2020 If you have not already heard, this is an election year. LOL. With the S&P 500 already precariously high (new ALL TIME high set on 8/24/2020), fierce campaigning and uncertainly surrounding…
Update – Refinancing Your Mortgage
By: Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, August 17, 2020 This is an update to my post written on August 14th, 2019 – exactly one year ago. Since mortgage rates have dropped even further, I have updated this post with…
I Am a Bull
By: Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, June 22, 2020 I am stock market bull. I have come to terms with that reality. I always thought I was impartial to the moves in the stock market like I was when…