When our kids were younger, I would sometimes declare an abnormally early bedtime like 6:00pm. It made complete sense to me: I’m tired, they’re tired, win-win. But my declarations were always met with much weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then I would relent, pushing it out to 7:00pm, still getting all the tears, and ending
Month: April 2025
Quarter in Charts – Q1 2025
This most recent quarter and the Tariff announcements immediately afterward (which we detailed in our Tariffs and a Declaration of Parental Independence blog post here) reminded investors that markets don’t move in straight lines. After a strong end to 2024, stocks stumbled out of the gate this year. The S&P 500 declined -4.3% as interest