Market Update April 3, 2024
As we continue to do on an occasional basis for our Napier Financial newsletter readers, we’re sharing some brief high-level perspectives from our investment team’s vantage point on what’s recently taken place in markets and our investment outlook ahead. Since last January’s investment update, stock markets have pretty much gone nowhere but north. The reasons…
Napier Financial Investment Update
Happy New Year everyone! As we continue to do on an occasional basis for our Napier Financial newsletter readers, we’re sharing some brief high-level perspectives from our investment team’s vantage point on what’s recently taken place in markets and our investment outlook ahead. Looking back at 2023, we think it’s fair to assume that markets…
Back and Forth to NYC
Last March I had written for the readers of this column that it had been years since I had last visited New York City, while extolling its cultural virtues. My enthusiasm must have rubbed off on my son, for lo and behold he announced to us about a month after the article was written that…
Market Update
Given all the events in motion with the economy and markets these days, on an occasional basis we will continue to provide some brief perspectives from our investment team’s vantage point on market trends for our Napier newsletter readers. Here’s some responses to questions we’ve been fielding recently: What’s changed from your last piece in…
Market Trends June 2023
Given all the events in motion with the economy and markets these days, on an occasional basis we will begin providing some brief perspectives from our investment team’s vantage point on market trends for our Napier newsletter readers. Looking back over the past several months, equity markets have had a lot of serious issues thrown…
Market Update – Debt Ceiling Observations
Undoubtedly you’ve seen numerous stories in the media recently about the national debt and the debt ceiling. The short story is the US debt limit will need to be raised by Congress to fund the federal government’s spending obligations. If an agreement is not reached in a timely manner, perhaps by early June, it’s unlikely,…
A Day Full of Pastabilities
Unless you’ve lived in the immediate area, most people haven’t heard of Dave’s Fresh Pasta near Davis Square in Somerville. Somerville, you may ask? Where’s Somerville? My bad. I meant to say Sumahhville. The store’s been around for more than 25 years and sells all kinds of Italian specialties such as homemade pastas, sauces, meats,…
Taking a Bite Out of the Apple
It had been years since we last visited, so a couple of weeks ago when my son was home on his school break, my family decided to take the Acela down to the Big Apple with the goal of being nothing other than tourists for a few days. It can be daunting trying to figure…
Virtual Time Well Spent
Over the past several years a lot of terrible, terrible consequences have been the byproduct of the pandemic, but numerous positive outcomes that have arisen as well. One that many of us have benefited from is how technology has improved enough to allow us to virtually communicate with each other, without ever leaving our homes….
The Apple Tax
My wife mentioned the other day the hard drive on her current MacBook Pro is so full that the laptop is starting to misbehave. I was reminded that with all the photos she takes, a replacement laptop with a larger hard drive will also require a larger price tag and could Santa help out? I…