In what is normally a fairly quiet corner of the investment universe, the bond market is starting to make some noise. With interest rates and inflation moving higher, investors are questioning what the Federal Reserve will do with interest rates. So, what gives? Interest rates affect nearly everything; they influence mortgage rates, car loans, student loans, business investment decisions, stock valuations, and, as author Edward Chancellor described in his book The Price of Ti

Before you break out into song and sing "absolutely nothing," let's put some data on the table. CapEx, or capital expenditures, is exactly what it sounds like: companies spending money on property, plants, equipment, and infrastructure that, once deployed, should help increase future revenue and earnings. The challenge for investors is that the costs are immediate, while the benefits often take years to materialize. For much of the last decade, the major hyperscalers—the comp

Highlights of this Special Edition Newsletter: After the Filing Deadline: Turning Tax Season Into Strategy Why Mid-Year is the Right Time to Revisit LVM Enters Its 39th Year! Clients Giving Back Supporting Our Community After the Filing Deadline: Turning Tax Season Into Strategy Filing a return can feel like crossing a finish line. We tend to see it as the opposite. The return you just signed is one of the most informative financial documents you will produce all year, and th

Happy 250th Birthday, America! This is also the 130th anniversary of the Dow Jones Industrial Average first being published. From that original value of 40.94, it has grown to a June 30, 2026, value of 52,319.20 (an all-time high) as our capitalist society produced an economic boom. Every entrepreneur, chief executive officer, and corporate manager wakes up each morning pondering how to produce more with less. Every worker in every industry helps fulfill those aspirations

The stock market continued to shrug off an ongoing war, rising inflation fueled by soaring oil prices, higher bond yields, and some frothy valuations to close May at a new all-time high level. It was the ninth straight week of gains, the longest such streak since 2023. As we noted last month, the primary reason for the market advance is what economist Ed Yardeni refers to as fabulous earnings momentum (FEMO). In fact, earnings have risen faster than stock prices this year.