The stock market is down another 2% today after the S&P 500 had already fallen a combined 6% on Monday and Tuesday. As you probably know, the reason behind the market’s recent swoon is growing global concern about the potential impacts of the coronavirus and its spread outside of China to Europe and here… Read more »
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Posts Tagged: Volatility
A Few Things We Ought To Trust: Waze, 6-Irons & Our Investment Portfolios
What was the last situation where you made an emotional decision only to regret it almost immediately? Did you trust your gut on a “shortcut” and get stuck in traffic instead of just listening to Waze? Did you hit your driver and try to carry the hazard instead of laying-up with a 6-iron? Did you really go into Target convinced you’d spend less than $100 this time? Well, we’re human beings and that’s what… Read more »
Looking at the Recent Market Volatility from the “MacroView”
We have started working on our 4th quarter 2018 Market Commentary that will be published in the first two weeks of January. However, we wanted to share some thoughts prior to the holidays to help you better understand the recent market volatility to ease any fears you may have and so that if the… Read more »
A Closer Look At This Market Sell Off
The S&P 500 reached a closing high of 2930.75 on September 20, 2018. Since then, significant market volatility emerged, and the S&P 500 has fallen almost 10% in just over a month. As with many abrupt market drops, investors and pundits fear this is the start of a bear market. However, we believe current… Read more »
Reaching Too Far For Yield?
Investors are starved for yield, we want them to be careful… In the current low interest rate environment, many investors are struggling to achieve their income targets and will often reach for yield to make up for any shortfalls. In a fixed income portfolio, this reach for yield can be accomplished in two distinct ways:… Read more »