Rates – at the long-end, at the short-end, at the mortgage end – RATES!
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Global events overtook the market toward the end of February but the Fed also remains an important driver.
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The equity markets aren’t having such a happy new year. As stated last month, watch real interest rates.
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A strong finish to the year but a weak start to 2022. And watch the real interest rates and impact on growth stocks.
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Most markets began drifting lower mid-month but end-of-month news from the Federal Reserve and COVID variants caused a major pullback.
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We escaped the scary month of October on the equity front but inflation concerns took away the treats.
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As the weather starts to cool in September, so too did the markets – except for commodities.
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After a mid-month dip, most risky assets resumed their strong run higher. Continued low rates are a good thing… until they aren’t.
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The riskier parts of the risky markets – small caps and emerging – saw negative monthly returns for July. And have you looked at real yields recently? Low
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Compare the current PE Ratio vs. historic average for a given asset class to help frame expected returns.
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A relatively flat month with intra-month volatility. Also worth noting the last row in the table at bottom of post – CPI Inflation YTD through end of May is 2
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I will continue with letting the financial graphs do most of the talking in this month’s asset class summary. Commodities continue to rip and real yields went
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