“It takes a licking and keeps on ticking!” . . . John Cameron Swayze, the pitchman from the 1950s for a Timex watch commercial. In my misbegotten youth (1950s) there was a Timex wristwatch commercial featuring pitchman John Cameron Swayze, which went, “It takes a lic
“Sometimes you just have to let art flow over you.” . . . Nick from “The Big Chill” (1983) We have always liked the movie “The Big Chill” probably because it is about our generation. That would be the boomers, or the flower children of the 1960s. Ye
“This morning the preopening S&P 500 futures are up by some 15 points as China says the trade war is on ‘hold.’ As we have said since the “under cut” low of February 9, ‘the lows are in’!” . . . Jeffrey Saut, Monday’s Strategy
“Now here you see it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that.” . . . Lewis Carrol, Through the Looking Glass As many of you know I have been traveling around Michigan this we
“Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!” . . . Golda Meir Greetings from Traverse City, Michigan, which is one of the prettiest spots in
“Who ya gonna believe, me or your own eyes?” . . . Groucho Marx, the movie Duck Soup (1933) You’ve probably seen the cartoon where a woman comes home and finds her husband in with another woman? The man looks up and says “No, I’m not cheating!” and
“Jeff, how can the U.S. dollar rally and crude oil rally as well. That’s not supposed to happen!” . . . a Raymond James financial advisor We have received numerous emails since reposting my friend Leon Tuey’s comments about a bottom in the U.S. dollar. Recall t
“Sell in May and go away – is a well-known trading adage that warns investors to sell their stock holdings in May to avoid a seasonal decline in equity markets.” . . . Investopedia Growing up with a father who was a stock guy meant that I heard about stocks, and inve
“Start spreading the news. I’m leaving today. I want to be a part of it, New York, New York. These vagabond shoes, they are longing to stray. And step around the heart of it, New York, New York.” . . . Theme song from New York, New York, written by John Kander and Fr
