April 5, 2021
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Zoom, zoom, zoom. Big economies tend to recover from recessions about as quickly as semi-trucks accelerate from stoplights. In other...
March 29, 2021
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Last week, unemployment claims were looking good and consumers were feeling good. The number of Americans applying for first-time...
March 23, 2021
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS What are professional asset managers thinking? Bank of America recently published the results of its March global asset managers’...
March 15, 2021
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Investors had a lot to be enthusiastic about last week. Major stock indices in the United States soared, finishing the week higher and...
March 8, 2021
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Neanderthal DNA may make people more – or less – susceptible to COVID-19, reported The Economist. It all depends on whether you have...
March 3, 2021
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Students of financial markets may have noted a historically unusual event last week. On Thursday, the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury...
February 22, 2021
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS It’s a contrarian’s dream come true. Contrarian investors like to buck the trend. They buy when other investors are selling and sell...
February 16, 2021
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS Way back, when radio disk jockeys played 45-rpm vinyl singles, the A-side of a disk was the song the record company was promoting and the...
February 8, 2021
Kaydan’s Commentary
by: Jim Kruzan, CFP®, CRPC®
THE MARKETS It’s not a black diamond ski run yet, but the yield curve for U.S. Treasuries is steeper than it has been in a while. A yield curve is...