Revitalizing the Mix – Changes to the Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow committee is making a relatively rare and significant change to the most famous stock index in the world, the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The companies being removed are energy company ExxonMobil (XOM), pharmaceutical company Pfizer (PFE), and industrials Raytheon Technologies (RTX).
2020 Grinds On
As 2020 grinds on, the 2009 analog for the US stock market remains intact. The chart below shows the market bottom and subsequent recovery of the S&P 500 during the 2008/2009 Financial Crisis and aftermath (blue line) and the 2020 Covid Crisis still in process...
The Helm Q2 2020: The Upside Down
The hit series “Stranger Things” on Netflix takes place in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana. This town unwittingly becomes the scene of extraordinary mystery and intrigue. The most uncomfortable and haunting periods of the drama are when the viewer is taken with the...