Articles by Nick Massey

One of the questions I get asked the most is, “Why does the stock market go up when it appears the whole world is coming unglued?” That’s a good question and one not easily answered. As I have often said, the stock market is not the economy. But it is a reflection of what people…

Protruding from the sand along England’s northeast shore near Hartlepool is a vertical wooden mast. The mast dates back to the Napoleonic Wars, when Napoleon’s armies were marching through Europe, sweeping all before them in the aftermath of the French Revolution. It was all part of France’s aggressive attempt to take what it deemed as its…