Anticipating the End of the Taper

Throughout 2014, the Federal Reserve has tapered its bond purchasing program as it sees a moderate rate of growth and overall economic health in the U.S. While fears of the taper caused a major correction in the middle of 2013, the actual taper has done little to...

Changing Policies in Europe and Equity Markets

The European Central Bank early Thursday morning announced that it would begin its own asset-backed purchasing program much like the quantitative easing programs that the Federal Reserve has embarked upon since the global financial crisis in 2008. Details are scant,...

The Exciting and the Dull: Who is Winning 2014?

Speculative investors love looking for disruption. The idea of these hyper-growth seeking traders is to find companies that are radically disrupting an industry and invest in them early to secure an aggressive growth in the stock’s price before it happens. Then when...