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Timing the Bond Markets – A Costly Mistake
Less than two years ago, the 10 year Treasury note yielded less than 1.5%. Now we have seen the 10 year yield reach 3%. The rate change has resulted in principal loss in bond funds for many investors because bond prices fall as rates rise, and it has raised questions...
The Impact of Rising Interest Rates
The U.S has been in a period of low rates for nearly a decade. As the economy is now approaching full employment and higher inflation, interest rates have been rising from their historic lows. As rates rise, the value of existing fixed-interest bonds falls. What...
Volatility: Same as It Ever Was
February 7, 2018 When people say “volatility is back”, what they really mean is that downside volatility is back. Most people would not have called it “volatility” if the market was up 6.1% over 2 days at the beginning of this February, instead of down. At Plum...
Market Commentary
Q4 2020 Market Commentary
Q4 Market Commentary - January 9, 2021 If a fortune teller had predicted on New Year’s Day 2020 that in the coming year we would have the worst global pandemic since the Spanish flu of 1918, that the economy would fall sharply, and that unemployment would reach 15%,...
Q3 2020 Market Commentary
Q3 2020 Market Commentary - Oct 12, 2020 In many ways, this recession and the recovery to date has been the most uneven one ever recorded. Housing data, corporate profits, unemployment figures, and stock market returns mask the fact that while many sectors of the...
Q2 2020 Market Commentary
Q2 2020 Market Commentary - July 8, 2020 Early on in this health crisis there was an influential paper called “The Hammer and the Dance” by Tomas Pueyo in which he called the initial period of lockdown to flatten the curve “the hammer” and the subsequent period of...
Chart Books
Q1 2020 Market Review Chart Book
You can download our comprehensive market review in charts and tables from the link below. Topics covered include: Q1 2020 ChartbookDownload TABLE OF CONTENTS: Market Summary World Stock Market Performance World Asset Classes US Stocks International Developed Stocks...
Q4 2019 Market Review Chart Book
You can download our comprehensive market review in charts and tables from the link below. Topics covered include: Q4 2019 ChartbookDownload TABLE OF CONTENTS: Market Summary World Stock Market Performance World Asset Classes US Stocks International...
Q3 2019 Market Review Chart Book
You can download our comprehensive market review in charts and tables from the link below. Topics covered include: Q3 2019 Chartbook TABLE OF CONTENTS: Market Summary World Stock Market Performance World Asset Classes US Stocks International Developed Stocks...