by Bill Stoddart | Jul 5, 2013 | News from the field
Almost like clockwork, the switch flipped a couple of weeks ago, and here in Bozeman we went from spring and scattered snow showers to summer thunderstorms. A different switch flipped in the markets about the same time. Between Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke’s...
by Bill Stoddart | Apr 5, 2013 | News from the field
Far more than our Gregorian new year, spring is the season of renewal. Maybe that’s why New Years’ resolutions have so little staying power – we just seek them at the wrong time. We force the context and try to move the ocean. In 2003, I had the opportunity to share...
by Bill Stoddart | Dec 26, 2012 | News from the field
Having survived the end of the Mayan calendar (I thought at least the earth’s magnetic poles were going to change and the whirlpools in the bathtub would spin in the opposite direction), we now get to fasten our seatbelts, make sure our seats and tray tables are in...
by Bill Stoddart | Oct 5, 2012 | News from the field
“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.” – Albert Einstein Well, we continue to hold our breath while we wrangle with a number of beasts: the “fiscal...
by Bill Stoddart | Jun 5, 2012 | News from the field
It seems a Spanish greeting might be appropriate for this update since it appears Spain is the latest of our European cousins to find their backs against the wall. Without delving into too many details, it seems the European currency crisis is “not dead...
by Bill Stoddart | Apr 5, 2012 | News from the field
It is officially spring and we should all be emerging from our comfortable hibernation and blinking our eyes as we step into the warm sunshine. With the U.S. stock market gaining ground during winter’s darkness, it would seem that all is well in fair Marketland. With...
