At what time in your life will your income be higher? Are you young and just starting your job? If so, do you have the kind of education, training, and work ethic that will propel you into a position where you’re earning a much higher income? Does that mean there’s a good chance you could […]
Today marks the one-year anniversary of my departure from Merrill Lynch. So, I’ve decided to write about the experiences I’ve had over the last year while starting my business. It’s been challenging, to say the least. I knew it would be hard, and I tried to mentally prepare myself for the work, but I’ve never […]
Looking backward at prior years’ soybeans production we exported 3.8 billion bushels of soybeans in 2014 and 2015. Approximately 29% of those bushels were exported to China during those years. They are the number one buyer of US soybeans. Bushels of soybeans sold for about $9 each on average during those years. The total value […]
Yes and no. The news of Gary Cohn’s departure broke shortly after the stock market closed yesterday. This timing may or may not have been intentional. They powers-that-be may have wanted to avoid a tumultuous trading day yesterday, hoping that the news would cool overnight. As I type this, futures are pointing to a negative […]
The market has an average of three to four 5% pull backs per year. The market went 416 days without a pullback, and then it broke the longest run it has had in 20 years. Corrections are defined as declines of 10% – 20%. There have been 36 corrections since 1980 (almost one per year), […]
