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The featured reading is "Too Young for The Blues" by Chatham-based playwright and author Wesley Brown.

The stock market is always going to have corrections. For me to say that we’re going to get a correction isn’t me pretending to say I am Nostradamus. Corrections happen all the time.

I also think that the pullback does double in size, but I’m not smart enough to time the starts and stops of corrections, so I tend to use them as opportunities to get more aggressive by reducing hedges, or getting cash invested, as opposed to selling investments.

The stock market often does whatever it must to frustrate the most people possible.

The improvement from bad to less bad and the better-than-expected economic data does not mean that we’re out of the woods yet. Things still suck.

Price Rite Marketplace of Pittsfield and four other local stores raised more than $4,000 for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

Just because I am almost fully invested in equity for the growth portion of my portfolios doesn’t mean I don’t see the risks.

Stop. Stop it. For the love of all that is holy, stop saying that there will be a V-shaped recovery coming out of this recession.

The performance of small caps is more closely tied to the U.S. economy than large caps are, so with all 50 states in some form of reopening, there is potentially more growth for those companies while simultaneously having a greater defensive posture as they would be more insulated from a COVID-19 outbreak in another country.

However, keep in mind the stock market does best when it goes from “bad” to “less bad.” We are certainly not out of the woods yet.

The coronavirus aside, the stock market typically does its best when the economy is moving from “very bad” to “less bad.”

The panel will share the current outlook of food and agriculture in the region, creative approaches some businesses have taken and from which others can learn, and provide a point of perspective on the future of the Berkshires’ food system.

Don’t get me wrong: I’ve become more bullish over the last few weeks. But I am not going to lose sight of the risks.

However, as I’ve noted, due to the COVID-19 crisis, forecasting fundamentals is nearly impossible. When you don’t have access to fundamentals, you use technical analysis.

The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives has donated funds to People’s Pantry in Great Barrington.

Dalton -- The stock market should pull back. It always does, by some magnitude. However, on the morning of Thursday, April 9, the Federal...