... jump right in by reviewing recent performance through last Friday of four popular index funds from Vanguard: Total US Stock Market (VTI), FTSE Developed Markets (VEA), FTSE Emerging Markets (VWO), and ...
Never a dull moment. That’s maybe a good way to sum up how markets reacted last Friday to the latest iteration of the coronavirus pandemic. Understandably, investors around the world sold stocks on the ...
... from my limited perspective, it’s interesting to watch how markets respond to situations like this. The Chinese economy is the world’s second largest, so any significant disruption in its system is going ...
... to markets. The idea is that index investors “blindly” buy the performance of markets without paying attention to underlying fundamentals. This can lead investors to overpay for poorly performing companies ...
A common topic lately has been the problems with emerging markets and why the asset class is down so much this year. It's important for investors to examine these problems because the asset class is expected ...
In recent weeks we’ve talked about how investor expectations around the Fed and interest rates have helped disturb markets this quarter. Just last week the “Magnificent Seven”, large and popular tech stocks ...
Are you getting a little tired of me mentioning how interest rates and the Fed have been influencing the stock and bond markets? Well, I sometimes tire of it because it’s been on the radar for years now ...
... Fed, interest rates, and economic projections played a role again during the quarter but, as with stock performance, the surprises were generally positive.
Here’s a roundup of how major markets have ...
... and the markets care more about inflation at the “headline” level then about individual anecdotes. Metrics like the Consumer Price Index and variations on this theme that come from the government may seem ...
... exist at the same time while almost literally being at war with each other in the economy and culture? It’s fascinating.
There were selloffs in the markets, sure, but those happened amid a tide that ...
... markets such as gold and silver. I don’t want to hammer you with too much jargon but this physical/spot concept is important to understand if you’re at all interested in buying funds that hold bitcoin. ...
... at market predictions is to get a sense for what reasonable people (very subjective these days, I know…) are expecting the economy and markets to do during the next year so we can plan accordingly. It’s ...
Here we are again starting another year that is sure to be full of surprises. 2023 finished up nicely for the markets but now there’s some profit taking going on to start off this year. That’s understandable ...
... developments for the quarter and year before momentum finally turned positive in a big way during Q4.
Here’s a roundup of how major markets performed during the quarter and for the year, respectively: ...
Well, here we are and it’s less than three weeks until the start of 2024. This year has flown by. Don’t they all. The markets have thrown us a few curveballs but (knock on wood) the year seems poised to ...
... way if markets rise during the month or so while you’re out of BND you’re still getting some benefit. And if you own BND in multiple accounts, remember that you’re only selling shares in your non-retirement ...
For this shortened Thanksgiving week let’s look at where the markets are now, sort of a mid-quarter update. You’ve likely noticed that stocks have done well over the past few weeks and bonds have perked ...
The stock market just had its best week of the year last week and bonds also performed well. I call your attention to that because it seems like it’s been a while since the markets had a good week. That ...
... rates higher. This has a lot to do with the Fed raising short-term rates but is also about inflation, expectations for growth, and how parts of our economy and financial markets are still struggling to ...
With news of war in the Middle East this past weekend it’s natural for US investors to wonder, and even worry, about potential harm to our financial markets. Setting aside the human toll of violence and ...