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At the Money: Managing a Portfolio in a Higher Rate Environment

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Investors should be considering capturing some of that yield in their portfolios. We’re going to discuss how these changes are likely to affect your portfolios and what you should do about it. And they kept it there all the way to 2004, and the joke was in 2003 and 2004 was an emergency rate when there was no clear emergency.

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Where is This Rally Going?

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Those of you looking for income might consider putting fresh money to work building a bespoke muni portfolio, or buying the appropriate muni fund for your circumstances. ( February 4, 2013) Looking at the Very Very Long Term (November 6, 2003) Bull & Bear Markets The post Where is This Rally Going? we are happy to help ).

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Observations to Start 2023

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– Dot Com Implosion, March 2003 : After making a provisional low in October 2002, the dot com collapse reached its nadir in March 2003 coinciding with the launch of the Iraq invasion by the United States. The rally from those lows were close to a market double by the time we saw the next peak in October 2007.

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What Else Might be Driving Sentiment?

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I run through 30 charts in 30 minutes that explain where we are in the economic cycle, what markets are doing, and what it means to their portfolios. This has enormous ramifications for everything from our portfolios, policies and politics… See also , Failures’ Fallout (Mehlman, August 21, 2021) Teens Spend Average of 4.8

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Alien Invasion!!!

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Similarly, excess fees and overtrading are more likely to hurt our portfolios than crashes. Stop Fighting the Last War : I have a vivid recollection of being offered “Downside protected S&P500 notes” early 2003 (from Lehman Brothers), after the dotcom crash, with the Nasdaq 100 down about 80%.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

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My Two-for-Tuesday morning train WFH reads: • Stock Pickers Never Had a Chance Against Hard Math of the Market : In years like this one, when just a few big companies outperform, it’s hard to assemble a winning portfolio. 2000-2003 Dotcom implosion 6. Businessweek ) but see With cash earning 5%, why risk money on the stock market?

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Top Pension Fund In The World Loses Big

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Quick Links Warren Buffett Portfolio High Momentum Stocks Low Volatility / Conservative Stocks The dollar has long been a solid support for the GPIF’s returns, but with half of the fund’s portfolio in foreign assets, their value was dragged down by the falling dollar.