October 13, 2022
“You’re leaving me?” “Just for a little while, buddy. We’ll hang out more at the house later today, I promise.” My son said that to me earlier this week while we were all on vacation. For whatever reason, it’s stuck with me. He saw my leaving the park for a little while with a buddy as “leaving him.” It shouldn’t be a big deal, right? But his words, the tone of his voice, keep echoing with me. What choices am I making today that are impacting the way he feels? How about the way he feels about our relationship? Is there anything […]
October 2, 2022
Stock Market Through September, the stock market performed as follows: S&P500 -9.34% DOW -8.84% Nasdaq Composite -10.5% In September, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced their biggest one-month loss since March of 2020. For both stock indexes, it was their worst-performing September since 2002. September swoons September swoons are somewhat typical for the stock market. Going back to 1928, the S&P 500 has dropped 7% or more at least 11 times. Likewise, the Dow has declined by 7% or more 13 times going back to 1928. And with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, we only need to go […]