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Marching Through Iran – A First Quarter 2026 Review

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The month of March followed the old aphorism nicely from a weather and climate perspective. For most of the country, it went in like a lion with harsh weather conditions while the month ended like a lamb with relatively mild weather.  The stock market, however, was another story altogether.  It came in with hopeful trepidation … Read more

2023 Midyear Review of Index ETFs and Smart Beta Strategies

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Approaching 2023, the experts were in near unanimity that the fourth quarter of 2022 was little more than a dead cat bounce and that once the inevitable recession hit, the bear market would quickly take the S&P 500 Index to new lows.  Instead, the first six months have seen the Nasdaq-100 ETF, Invesco QQQ rise … Read more