Dear Garden State Trust: How about that stock market? Can it last? —Happy Investor Dear Happy: Higher stock prices are driven by two factors: increasing earnings, and increasing investor speculation. The good news for investors is that the stock market records set in August were grounded upon increased earnings and a strongly growing economy. We…
Month: September 2018
The Queen of Soul: Aretha Franklin
The queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, has passed away from advanced pancreatic cancer at the age of 76 a month ago, and we mourn the passing of a bright star. Aretha was a prodigy from the very beginning. She learned to play the piano by ear as a child, and by age 12 was already…