Archives for Markets

Riding the Rockies – Trading & Market Update – May 31, 2022

  I write this to you from a cool and overcast Lisbon, Portugal as I head back to the U.S. following a visit with my 97-year-old mother. Over the past several years we have built a very strong support team at Alpha Beta Gamma Wealth, and I want to thank all the ABG team members who helped me keep the firm running in my physical absence.   One of the benefits of this kind of travel is that I am able to catch up with friends along the way and dip a toe into their waters to better understand their
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Riding the Rockies – Trading & Market Update – May 19, 2022

For those of you who do not know the significance of Riding the Rockies, it relates to a charity bicycle ride that I do a bit more infrequently to benefit the Denver Post Foundation and small resort communities that make their money in the winter but starve during the summer. It is the equivalent of 5-6 days of century rides (100 miles), with a little altitude and some vertical climb thrown in, just for grins.
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Riding the Rockies Marketing – April 2022

Our long term clients (some, for more than 25 years) know that I am an “optimistic realist.” I suspect that over the years, I’ve evolved a bit less along the “optimistic” side to be a bit more “realistic” but that is, I suspect, the long term developmental process for most optimists.
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Riding the Rockies Marketing Update April 6, 2020

Our long term clients (some, for more than 25 years) know that I am an “optimistic realist.” I suspect that over the years, I’ve evolved a bit less along the “optimistic” side to be a bit more “realistic” but that is, I suspect, the long term developmental process for most optimists.
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First Quarter, 2020 Commentary

The first quarter of 2020 was one of the most volatile in the history of the capital markets.  No asset class was spared as a result of the Corona Virus which swept across the global population and its economies with “Blitzkrieg” speed, toppling people, businesses, the capital markets, and economies.  It was an historic quarter in so many ways.
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Curt Lyman Guest Speaker on “Money and Politics in Delaware” Podcast.

On November 17, 2018, Curtis Lyman, CEO and CIO of Alpha Beta Gamma Wealth Management in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was featured on the podcast, “Money and Politics in Delaware” to discuss his views on the current stock market and economy. October was a volatile month for stocks—the single most volatile month since the infamous October of 2008. Curt says, “We think that the economic lights are primarily green, but there are a couple of yellow caution indicators.” He feels that U.S. stocks may have reached an apex; it might be time to diversify internationally and look at sectors that
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Curt Lyman Featured on “Money and Politics in Delaware” Podcast

Curt Lyman appeared on the podcast “Money and Politics in Delaware” on August 25, 2018. The topics ranged from ETFs and bitcoin on the equities side of the market, to how rising interest rates might be poised to affect the fixed income bond side of things. Curt’s common sense approach is backed by 40 years of experience in investment management, and he’s seen two unexpectedly harsh bear markets in his career. His opinions are well-informed in terms of history. Curt feels the real issue which may be facing us now is liquidity, as there will be no buyers of bonds
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