End of Year 2018 — Maneuvering Delicately
“Every past decline looks like an opportunity, every future decline looks like a risk.” Morgan Housel If past declines look like opportunities and future declines look like risk, declines lived in real-time are trials of patience and fortitude. The uncertainty around...Comparative government rates overseas may surprise you
In June 2007, three months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the start of the Great Financial Crisis in earnest, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was at 5% before falling to a historical low of 1.39% in July 2012. Yields increased for a short time thereafter...3 takeaways from former Fed Reserve Chair Yellen
Recession isn’t imminent although current GDP growth puts the economy at risk of overheating absent improvements in productivity, Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen recently said.
Tax-loss harvesting could mitigate market losses
Deutsche Bank AG recently analyzed 74 diverse asset classes globally. The chart below shows that 2018 is on track to be one of the worst ever for market environments according to at least one metric: A full 89 percent of asset classes have returned losses in U.S....
Midterm elections to bring investors trick or treat?
The U.S. congressional midterm elections roll around every four years, inviting plenty of speculation about how the outcome will affect markets — possibly delighting or spooking investors. Rather than play along with pundits’ political guts, we prefer to take a...INVE$TOR HAIKU
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