by Richard Baker | Jul 9, 2025 | Articles
As most Americans start taking their late-summer vacations, they are realizing that much of the country is hot; thankfully, so is the stock market. The stock market continues to show cockroach-like resiliency in navigating Washington’s ever-changing policy landscape...
by Richard Baker | Jul 2, 2025 | Articles
Last week, my wife and I rode the gondola up Stone Mountain near Atlanta. There were about twenty-five people in the gondola, and just as it crested the mountain edge, it swung 5-6 feet forward and backward, and the riders screamed. That is how the markets felt over...
by Richard Baker | Jun 18, 2025 | Articles
I was talking with my wife over coffee this morning about how investing right now feels a bit like driving through fog. You can see the road ahead—kind of—but it’s not clear enough to hit the gas. That’s where we are in the markets today: still moving forward,...
by Richard Baker | Jun 11, 2025 | Articles
Just before I started high school, our basketball coach decided to hold an unsanctioned scrimmage against another school. Both coaches told their players to keep it a secret, but as it happens, one of our players told someone at another school, and sanctions came...
by Richard Baker | May 7, 2025 | Articles
Watching my daughter and her new husband work on their first home is exciting. It is a 65-year-old house, but it is a great fixer-upper. Homeownership is still a cornerstone of the American dream. Now that the largest publicly traded homebuilders have reported...
