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Riding High… 2Q2019 Review
The sky is falling mentality has just pushed the stock market to record highs. That the housing market is slowing, wages are stagnant-or negative in real terms, and you can get a higher return investing your money in 3-month government debt than 10 year debt (yield curve inversion) doesn’t seem to matter and the markets…
Read MoreWinter is Coming… but When?
After a bruising final quarter of 2018, 2019 kicked off with a bang, with US Stock Markets finishing the first quarter up roughly 14% and US Bond Markets up nearly 3%. International Developed Markets and their less-developed emerging brethren also performed well, up 10.45% and 9.92% respectively. Unfortunately, those gains weren’t enough to push international markets…
Read MoreA Valentine’s Day Gift
December’s market selloff- or rather, January’s recovery, provided investors with a tremendous gift. We now have the rare opportunity to reassess our portfolio and perhaps more importantly, our behavior and tolerance for risk, without the usual triggers for such evaluation; namely significant loss of capital. As many studies have shown, the vast majority of investors…
Read More2018 Market Review
As we reflect on 2018, it is tempting to sugarcoat the year by simply reporting that it was a record-setting year for stocks – because so many investors would rather quickly forget the end results. So here are the end results: 2018 was the worst year for stocks since 2008 and only the second year…
Read More2Q Newsletter Commentary
Key themes from the second quarter of 2018.
Read More8 Tips for Dealing With the Equifax Fallout
As you’ve probably heard, Equifax, a now-shortened leg of the oligopolistic credit agency tripod, was hacked months ago. Although the public continues to learn more bit by bit, the lights were only recently turned on- only after executives allegedly unloaded stock upon learning of the breach, though before sharing it with the public. Let’s give…
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