Managing Emotions During a Market Decline – The Importance of Having a Plan
Many investors are starting to feel uncomfortable watching their investment portfolios decrease in value as markets continue to decline from the November 2021 highs. A review of past market corrections
Assessing the Impact of Corrections
THE CORRECTION BLUES The performance of stocks through April month-end was not only painful, but it was also significant. The first four months of 2022 marked the worst January to
Radical Uncertainty
MACRO ECONOMIC OUTLOOK The Ukraine war, fallout from sanctions, hawkish sentiment among global central banks and gyrations in commodity markets add layers of uncertainty to what was already an uncertain
Stagflation?
STAGFLATION Investopedia characterizes stagflation as a period of slow economic growth (declining GDP) and relatively high unemployment — economic stagnation — accompanied by rising prices – inflation. There are many
Invasion
THE POKER ANALOGY On February 24th, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. It was an unprovoked invasion orchestrated by a bellicose dictator who wanted to decapitate an emerging democracy. It is the
Volatility Returns
VOLATILITY RETURNS The “picture-is-worth-1,000-words” metaphor is well-suited to illustrate the performance of financial markets during January 2022. Early declines, most notably within the tech heavy Nasdaq 100 index, were followed
The Last Wave: Tempered Expectations Amidst Virus Uncertainty
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT In chaos theory, the butterfly effect refers to how minor changes in an initial assumption can alter the future in unimaginable ways. It was based on the
Omicron: Variant of Concern?
OMICRON: VARIANT OF CONCERN? Is it an ominous sign that social media posts focused more on the process for naming the latest iteration of COVID, than it did debating the
Metaverse… Closer than you think
THE FUTURE OF AUGMENTED REALITY Are we to assume from Facebook’s name change that Mark Zuckerberg is embracing a corporate transformation? Or could it be an attempt to shift attention