The market’s recent flare-up – or flare-‘down’ – has created three camps in the investor community: those who have turned bearish, those who have become nervous enough to reduce their equity exposure, and those who remain bullish over the longer term and see this as an opportunity. I’m in the last camp. And, I’m writing […]
If you’re nervous about where the market is headed (after enduring two eyebrow-raising weeks of pronounced volatility) then guess what – you’re normal. Human nature is to fear losses, and memory of the 2008 bear market still lingers. Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman discovered that investors dislike losses roughly twice as much as they enjoy […]
In this week’s edition… The Beacon of Light for Emerging Markets: India Meanwhile Brazil Continues to Fizzle Mixed Signals from Global Purchasing Manager’s Indices Battered Hedge Funds The Beacon of Light for Emerging Markets: India – India reported a 7% rise in GDP during the April-June period (year-over-year), which is at pace with China and […]
Volatility has rattled the market with the S&P 500 down slightly more than 11% in just six trading days (though 8/26/15). Global markets have fared worse. But, my advice to you now is – don’t let it rattle you too. To many investors, this correction may feel especially dramatic (and a bit scary) because of […]
China rattled global equities on Tuesday, August 11 when they devalued the yuan against the dollar nearly 2%; the largest devaluation since China implemented its ‘modern’ exchange rate system in 1994. The S&P 500 immediately sank -1.5% at the start of trading on Wednesday (August 12), and European markets finished the day down -2.7%. China […]
There’s “conventional wisdom” out there that as a bull market matures, large cap stocks tend to become the outperformers. According to this thinking, investors tend to shift investments to companies with well-established revenue sources, market penetration, and huge stockpiles of cash as a bull market ages. In theory, and for the most part in practice, […]
