The financial markets are riding high. Will it last through 2025?

| October 27, 2025

The stock market in late 2025 presents an interesting picture as we approach the final two months of the year. Based on historical data from 2003–2024, we can assess the probability of significant market corrections during November and December. A severe pullback of 10% or more has been relatively rare, occurring in only 2 of […]

Hmm, what’s wrong with this headline?

| October 11, 2010

Every once in a while a typo can slip through the cracks, but usually not as a front page headline! (here’s one from the Jamestown Post-Journal while in western New York last week)

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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