The truth can be difficult to hear.
Telling the truth is also hard when the message is not what the recipient wants to hear.
Dealing with the truth is even harder, especially when it’s unexpected and disappointing.
This week, investors …
Having grown up in the ‘60s and attended college in the late ’70s, I vividly remember my father telling me, “Cost of everything is going through the roof”. It was an often-used sentence by people living in the ’70s. That …
Since early fall 2021, we at MarketGauge have been urging you to focus on the fact that many of the economic and market indicators we evaluate were just not adding up.
As a subscriber, you may recall the numerous weekly …
After 7 consecutive negative weeks for the S&P 500 (8 for the Dow), we witnessed a healthy reprieve this week.
The stage for this week’s rally was set by the prior week’s wild Friday (May 20th), during which the S&P …
When I was young my family in the summer used to attend the local speedway. Amateur and Pro car drivers would run around the track at fast speeds. We would also be treated to the occasional demolition derby. Beat up …
After a significant down move in the stock market in April (S&P down -7.6%), May did not start off much better. The markets plunged -4.8% until Friday (May 13) and reversed course and sustained a rally up over 2%. The …
This week was like a good gangster movie.
It contained high drama (how much will the Fed raise rates),
a love affair with the results (market rally Wednesday),
a quick turn in sentiment, and then…
the villain getting shot (the …
For much of the country thawing out from a long winter, we all look forward to April. But April can bring with it highly volatile weather, cold rain, and sleet. This April was no exception in the weather department.
If …
This is not the typical picture of a drawbridge one might conjure up. There are many different kinds.
I was recently in South Florida for some time this Winter to escape the Northern cold and snow. Occasionally I got stopped …
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The Investors' Paradox of Uncertainty and Time:
Is This Holding Back Your Returns?
September 21, 2025
