H. L. Mencken once wrote about what would eventually happen with American democracy. As he said in 1920: “As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.  We move tow [...]

This business is filled with axioms. “Sell in May and go away.” “Be greedy when others are fearful…”. You’ve heard us steal a lot of them over the years. And you’ve also heard us mock a lot of them. But there is one – for us – that always [...]

It’s been a good year for the market. No question about that. Despite all the stuff going on in the world, the economic recovery marches on and client accounts are participating well. Do you want to know a secret, though? For us, this kin [...]

It was a holiday shortened week in the market, but it wasn’t without a bit of volatility. The S&P 500 closed each session of the week lower than its previous day, ending the week down 1.69%. We talked a bit in our last memo about the [...]

There’s been a consistent drumbeat in our memos this year. We’ve called it our “Three Pillars for 2021” and they haven’t changed: Money from Congress to jumpstart the economy:  ☑ The Fed keeps interest rates low:  ☑ We keep the virus at b [...]

That went fast!  Yes – we’re talking about summer. But we’re also talking about the last 18 years. It’s time for school to start up again and – for those of us at Insight – a big thing happened. The oldest of the “Insight Kids” headed off [...]