Category: Global Asset Allocation
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Global Stock and Bond Market Trends 2Q 2018
Yesterday we shared the 2nd Quarter 2018 Global Investment Markets Review, which used a broad range of indexes on performance tables to present the year-to-date progress of world markets. The issue with a table that simply… Read More
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2nd Quarter 2018 Global Investment Markets Review
It is no surprise to see global equity markets stall after such a positive trend last year. As we will see, the weakness is global and across both bonds and stocks. Before we review the… Read More
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Commodities are trending with better momentum than stocks
Commodities are trending with better momentum than stocks over the past year. A commodity is a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee. A commodity is a basic… Read More
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February Global Market Trends
After a very positive January for U.S. and international stocks, in February it only took 10 days for the S&P 500 to decline -12% intraday and a -10% drawdown based on closing price. Yet, February… Read More
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Is this the Inflection Point for Stocks?
As if the election result wasn’t enough, the U.S. stock market has surprised most people by trending up since last November. But, it has been stalling since March. The S&P 500 drifted down about -3% into… Read More
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The Stock Market Trend: What’s in Your Boat?
The stock market trend as measured by the S&P 500 stock index (the black line) has had a difficult time making any gains in 2015. SPY in the chart below is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF seeks… Read More
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Hasn’t Managed Downside Risk
Stephen Gandel shares an interesting observation in Fortune ” Warren Buffett’s Berkshire lost $11 billion in market selloff“. He points out that Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A or BRK.B) is tracking the U.S. stock indexes on the downside. He says:… Read More
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Stock Market Decline is Broad
We typically expect to see small company stocks decline first and decline the most. The theory is that smaller companies, especially micro companies, are more risky so their value may disappear faster. Below, we view the… Read More
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Why Index ETFs Over Individual Stocks?
A fellow portfolio manager I know was telling me about a sharp price drop in one of his positions that was enough to wipe out the 40% gain he had in the stock. Of course, he had… Read More
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What You Need to Know About Long Term Bond Trends
There is a lot of talk about interest rates and bonds these days – for good reason. You see, interest rates have been in a downtrend for decades (as you’ll see later). When interest rates… Read More