Scott Smith

May Day — a public holiday in Europe honoring workers, also one of the oldest spring festivals in the world, where maypoles are raised and communities celebrate warmth and renewal as spring gets into full stride. Yet as an American, my first thought upon hearing “Mayday” points to aviation and maritime emergencies (maybe I’ve watched too many old war movies). This version is derived from the French m’aidez -“help me”. While markets remain hovering at all-time highs (why doesn’t it feel as euph…

For the Middle English aficionados reading this, you will no doubt recognize Geoffrey Chaucer’s proverb from the poem ‘Troilus and Criseyde’, “But at the laste, as everything hath ende.” To the casual observer, this translates to ‘all good things must come to an end’, apropos to the recent 11% move in the past 12 sessions. While the S&P 500 Index closed slightly higher on Thursday, the incredible momentum seems to have stalled, for now, as global markets continue to absorb the barrage of headl…

‘He Said, She Said”, the 1991 ‘Rom-Com” starring none other than Kevin Bacon (I am one degree from Kevin Bacon, no big deal), involves rivaling editorialists turned talk show hosts who’s point-counterpoint differences eventually lead to attraction and sparks flying. Their multi-year on again/off again relationship comes to a head, culminating in a marriage proposal and an on-stage embrace as the movie fades to black. Fast-forward 35 years and we have real-life “he said, she said”, but presentl…