Posts Tagged ‘risk’
Don’t Dismiss This Chart
Let’s get right to the point… The analysis we do is about making heads or tails out of the inter-market relationships that exist between global asset classes. What stocks are doing relative to bonds or gold or what the currency markets are telling us about risk… We’re always weighing the evidence. It is through this…
Read MoreAvoid The Distractions
It’s easy to get caught up in the day’s headlines and possible implications. Maybe it’s news about the Biden admins projected COVID vaccine, Tax reform, or Friday’s news about what the fall-out may be from the liquidation of as much as $30 billion worth of equity positions, the latest over-leveraged hedge fund in the U.S.…
Read More“The US gets its biggest recession warning yet as the most closely watched part of the yield curve inverts”…
That was Friday’s headline. I love these because it gives me something to write about! Before we dive into what investors like you should probably know, let’s look at the relationship between yields and why they matter. The relationship or spread between the 2 and 10 year Treasury yields are so closely watched because this…
Read MoreShould You Be Worried About a Strong Market?
This week has seen quite a few ups and downs, both for the market and investor’s emotions. As usual, the mainstream financial news outlets are full of the same old “noise” that makes it difficult to discern what’s really going on. At the time of this writing, MarketWatch’s most viewed article is titled The stock…
Read MoreRisk Evaluation Can Be A Powerful Tool
Christmas Eve taught a lot of investors an important lesson this year. The lesson was this: if you want to avoid mistakes when market volatility rears its head, you’ve got to measure your risk carefully. When stocks dipped rapidly towards the end of 2018, some investors were inevitably pushed past their breaking point and bailed,…
Read MoreThe Bears Are Out In Full Force!
Hey, I get it. Market Bears are all over the news headlines these days. They come out of hibernation every few years or so during corrections. We saw this as recently as 2016. The funny thing is – as painful as it was, most investors today don’t even remember how they felt in January and…
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