What I Care About This Week | 2025 Dec 8
It is Fed week, with not much else on tap. Investors are wrapping up the year with tax-planning and portfolio window-dressing.
What I Care About This Week | 2025 Dec 1
The data is still very ambiguous with corporate earnings coming in strong while the underlying economic data deteriorates. The Fed has a hard decision to make, and a closer look at US stock valuations.
What I Care About This Week | 2025 Nov 10
Earnings have been good, but investors are otherwise flying blind with the government shutdown offering no data; there are hints that the employment picture is deteriorating; and a closer look at the valuations of the “Mag 7” companies.
When are investment losses too much to recover from?
Traditional investing says to “buy and hold forever”, but that advice takes no account of investor goals, specifically time horizons. Goals-based investing gives us some quantitative tools for evaluating the damage done by investment losses and, consequently, the value of paying for portfolio hedges. In this article, we use python to model a framework for thinking about these problems when investors have goals to achieve.
What I Care About This Week | 2025 Oct 13
US-China trade tensions flare, economic data is delayed, and corporate earnings take the spotlight.
What I Care About This Week | 22 Sep 2025
The Fed cuts rates, as expected, and signals increased risk in labor markets. Crypto took a hit over the weekend, economic data is still weak, and a new indicator for the dashboard.
What Does the P/E Ratio Tell You About the Market’s Growth Expectations?
In this article, we analyze how to derive a company’s implied earnings growth rate from its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio using Python. The analysis also highlights the relationship between discount rates, P/E ratios, and expected earnings growth, emphasizing their interconnectedness.
What I Care About This Week | 2025 Aug 25
The Fed’s speech at Jackson Hole gave investors exactly what they’d hoped for, the labor market may be distorted, and corporate earnings remain solid.
What I Care About This Week | 2025 Aug 11
Inflation posts this week, earnings season comes to a close, the economy continues to offer confusing signals, and a look at the concerning trend inside GDP.
What I Care About This Week | 2025 July 28
Lots of data this week including the Fed meeting, the US and EU reach a trade deal with significant impacts for two industries, and a closer look at how companies are reacting to tariffs.