January 2014 Market Outlook
It cost $0.32 to mail a letter, unemployment was 4.9%, O.J. Simpson was found liable in a civil suit, Hong Kong was returned to Chinese rule, Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to Death, Green Bay defeated the Patriots in the Super Bowl, Titanic came crashing into movie theatres, and Dolly, the first genetically engineered lamb was unveiled to the public; the year was 1997.
Read MoreOctober 2013 Market Outlook
We’ve felt a reticence to begin writing market commentary for the third quarter with the partial government shut-down now in its fourth day. The sentiment revolves around a general premonition that “everything could change” on a dime with a political resolution (or a deepening) of already entrenched positions in Washington, thus rendering our commentary moot.
Read MoreJanuary 2013 Market Outlook
Last year we were looking for US economic growth in the 2%-3% range, an improved investing environment here in the US as well as a stabilizing of non-US and particularly developing markets.
Read MoreNovember 2012 Market Outlook
In June we quoted Alexis de Toqueville with regard to the developed world’s attempt to come to grips with fiscal burdens of increasingly hefty magnitudes.
Read MoreDavid Borden listed in 40 Under 40 in WBJ
David Borden listed in 40 Under 40 in Worcester Business Journal
Read MoreJune 2012 Market Outlook
“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design”–Friedrich A. Hayek
Read MoreApril 2012 Market Outlook
We commented in January that “we expect the continued, gradual growth rate of the US (2%-3%) to support an ultimately improved investment climate domestically—but we are convinced we will remain in a low-return environment…”
Read MoreJanuary 2012 Market Outlook
By now most of us have read our fill of 2011 post-mortems—but we’re compelled to add a few thoughts of our own before we look ahead, seeking to apply the experience and perspectives gained to our outlook on global markets in 2012.
Read MoreOctober 2011 Market Outlook
This past quarter we’ve witnessed Europe’s fiscal issues finally metastasize into banking issues (Belgium’s Dexia)—long feared—as their politicians, like our own, have made an art form of “kicking the can down the road”.
Read MoreInvestment Experts On Debt Ceiling: Don’t Panic
With much of the U.S. media focused on the showdown in Washington over the debt ceiling, Central Massachusetts financial advisors are getting their share of calls from concerned investors. Their message: Don’t get too worried.
Read MoreJuly 2011 Market Outlook
We have made general market commentaries in many recent portfolio reviews on the seemingly déjà vu aspects to this Spring and Summer’s market movements, and accompanying economic and fiscal “narrative” as compared to those of a year ago.
Read MoreClients Come Out of Their Shells
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Read MoreApril 2011 Market Outlook
A client of ours called about 5 or 6 weeks ago in a bit of a panic. In fairness, it wasn’t just this client—there were several—but for some reason this particular conversation comes to mind. In short, the client’s question seemed to be when (not if) to get out of the market.
Read MoreJanuary 2011 Market Outlook
CCR Wealth Management greets the New Year with more sanguine market and economic reflections for our clients’ consideration—at last!
Read MoreNovember 2010 Market Outlook
As we approach the end of another calendar year, we reflect not just on the events and developments of 2010, but on the decade that this month concludes. We think it’s an opportune moment to deliberately step back from the trees, and to view the forest. Doing so, in some ways, offers a mental respite…
Read MoreAugust 2010 Market Outlook
The market volatility we have all experienced in the last two weeks, and especially the last few days has all investors understandably on-edge.
Read MoreJune 2010 Market Outlook
As we write, stocks are off some 12.5% from their April 26 highs (as measured by the S&P 500).
Read MoreJanuary 2010 Market Outlook
“A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past,
he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.”
-Sidney J. Harris
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