Archive - Ask Archer: Market Insights from a Dog

A Reader Asks: What is Mr./Ms. Bond Market trying to tell us?

A reader asks: what is Mr./Ms.

Jun 5 •

May 2025

A reader asks: are stocks climbing the proverbial wall of worry?

A reader asks: Are stocks climbing the proverbial wall of worry?

May 6 •

April 2025

Ask Archer: Is Trump planning to rename his Washington residence the "Bling House?"

A reader asks: Is Donald Trump planning to rename his Washington residence the “Bling House”?

Apr 27 •

Ask Archer: Is Baghdad Bob working at the White House?

Ask Archer: Is Baghdad Bob working in the White House?

Apr 13 •

Ask Archer: Are we heading for a recession?

A reader asks: Are we heading for a recession?

Apr 2 •

March 2025

A reader asks: What's in a number, for example 401(k)

A reader asks: What’s in a number, for example 401(k)?

Mar 1 •

February 2025

Ask Archer: Does anyone really live to be 110 years old?

A reader asks: Is anyone really 110 years old?

Feb 3 •

December 2024

Ask Archer: Why is Pat Boone trying to sell me silver?

A reader asks: Why is Pat Boone trying to sell me silver?

Dec 20, 2024 •

September 2024

Ask Archer: PIK payments are growing in private credit. Should I be worried?

To all my readers: Ask Archer was launched in May 2023 to provide what I would like to think is idiosyncratic and sometimes amusing commentary on trends…

Sep 9, 2024 •

August 2024

A reader asks: which is the best paradox, Zeno or Javon?

A reader asks: Which is the best paradox – Zeno or Javon?

Aug 10, 2024 •

June 2024

A Reader asks: They don't make insider traders like Ivan Boesky anymore, do they?

A reader asks: They don’t make insider traders like Ivan Boesky anymore, do they?

Jun 4, 2024 •

May 2024

Ask Archer: Why do we bother to predict anything?

A reader asks: why do we bother to predict anything?

May 11, 2024 •

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