Author name: Mark Patterson

Just Follow the Money

The phrase “Follow the money” typically means following the money that eventually leads to criminal activity. In this case what I mean is that currency valuation related to the US dollar usually drives our equity and debt markets inverse to the direction of the dollar. For instance, as the dollar strengthens interest rates typically rise, […]

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Understanding Post Election Markets

Recently I’ve read a few articles that predict how the markets will react after the November presidential elections. March 9, 2009 was the capitulation day when the equity markets bounced off their lows and started their upward journey. The average time between major equity market corrections is 7 ½ years. Go back 7 ½ years

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Moving Parts

There are certain times that I will invoke the use of a fixed index annuity or indexed universal life policy that have a certain crediting strategy that appears to be almost too good to be true. The indexed annuity or the indexed universal life fits certain portfolios for a portion of an overall strategy. If

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