Want to see a 25% jump in the stock markets?
Who doesn’t, right?
As you can imagine, we are often asked these days what is going on and why:
Why are the markets going down?
Why aren’t the banks lending?
When will the markets start going back up again?
We believe there is one issue that has had a major impact on the drop in the market, but it could also have [...]
Everybody Grab a Saw!
When we were much younger than we are now, my brother and I had the great opportunity to work for a small home builder. One of the members of the crew that we worked with, Billy*, was very nervous when the boss was around. It didn’t matter if we had just started a 15 minute break or were half [...]
The Failure of Market Capitalism?
If you watch TV, read the newspaper or get your news online, it is impossible to ignore the talk about what is being called the “worst economic time since The Great Depression.” In fact, a quick review of major news websites might lead one to articles calling for the need of a “new world order” because “capitalism has failed [...]
Control Risk - Get Rewarded; Eliminate Risk - Get Disappointed
It is very hard to find someone that is happy with the performance of their investments over the last year. The current financial maelstrom has caused many investors - and advisors - to pause and re-think not only “risk” but also their investment philosophies.
The advisors at Aubry & Eustice, however, are neither re-thinking risk, nor [...]
Ten Reasons to Be Cheerful
With all of the negative news we continue to receive concerning the financial markets, it is by nature that I am looking for the silver linings. The article below was written by Jim Parker, a Regional Director with Dimensional Fund Advisors in Austalia. He has given me permission to post it. I couldn’t agree more.
Ladies and [...]
Stolen Milk, Free Milk or Clean Milk
There has been a lot of talk about the issues surrounding the financial markets, banks, Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Congress and the White House about the “unprecedented times” that we are living in. Everyone seems to have an opinion as to whether the government should have done the $700 Billion “bailout.”
The main argument seems to [...]
Is Lehman Brothers the Armadillo?
On September 8, 2008, we posted about the speculation as to which company would be the next one bailed out by the United States Government. Would it be an airline or would it be a Detroit automaker? After watching the stock market drop today, many may be wondering why Lehman Brothers did not get the [...]
Banks Are Businesses Too!
There is still concern that the government did not do the right thing in its bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Aubry & Eustice team believes that what was done was a necessary, short-term fix. However, many questions remain as to what the next presidential administration will do after the election or [...]
. . . but not the Hippopotamus
Over the weekend it was announced that Uncle Sam – the Treasury Department – was seizing mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. This is the latest effort of the government to speed up the recovery of the housing and credit markets, and the decision has been met with mixed reactions. The move is considered [...]
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