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Priced for Federal Reserve Perfection “If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.” – Chuck Yeager As of this writing, the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate at its July confab to the range of 5.25 to 5.50%. Much […]

One Foot on the Brake and One Foot on the Gas   “Driving a car while having one foot on the brake and one foot on the gas will make your neck very sore.” – Unknown Foot on the Brake: Interest Rate Increases The long and variable lagged impacts of steady interest rate increases since […]

Don’t Fight the Ebb Tide As the Federal Reserve has continued to raise interest rates in line with its commitment to fight inflation, the tightening of monetary policy and the draining of liquidity from the financial system has revealed some unsavory acts, notably in cryptocurrencies and particularly regarding so-called crypto exchanges. Recently, some of the […]

The Main Event: Cure Vs. Disease – “What’s your prediction for the fight, then?” – “Prediction?” – “Yes, prediction.” – “Pain.” Clubber Lang, pre-fight interview, “Rocky III” Recent U.S. Federal Reserve comments regarding the central bank’s resolve in fighting inflation have become more frequent and consistent. In his August 26, 2022 comments from Jackson Hole, […]

Company News: Forza Wealth Management is pleased to welcome Kimberly Evener as Director of Client Services. Please be on the lookout for a formal press release announcing her new role. What About Bob? No, we are not referring to the 1991 full-length feature comedy where a needy patient, played by Bill Murray, tracks down his […]

Netflix: Have We Seen this Movie Before? “History has shown that whenever companies, no matter how great, get priced above 50 to 60 times earnings, buyer beware.” “Big-Cap Tech Stocks Are a Sucker Bet,” Jeremy Siegel, The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2000 The recent and continued re-rating of Netflix stock serves as a reminder […]

 Beware the Growth Bias in the S&P 500 Index After several years of Growth stocks dominating Value stocks, the S&P 500 Index may no longer be the “broadly diversified” benchmark investors have relied upon to track the market. With the largest companies in the S&P 500 Index carrying an undue load, investors may be exposed […]

“At 10x Revenues … What Were You Thinking?” Nearly 20 years ago, in March of 2002, an interview appeared in Business Week. Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, commented on his company’s stock at the peak of technology valuations two years earlier. (Sometimes, we find it useful to look back in time to compare and […]

Warby Parker Investors May Need Their Vision Checked At the end of September, eyewear maker Warby Parker went public via a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange. If you are not familiar with the company, it was founded to solve the problem of eyewear being too expensive. Not only has the company been […]

Inflation: Too Much, Too Little, or Not Much in the Middle? As the economic recovery has taken hold, thanks to the mass vaccination strategy here in the U.S., a debate has emerged in investment circles regarding inflation. The debate has centered around whether the increase currently seen in overall prices is here to stay or […]