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The Bond Bear Market & Asset Allocation

A Wealth of Common Sense

I’m generally not a fan of completely rethinking your asset allocation just because you wish you would have invested in something else with the benefit of hindsight. The proliferation of black swan strategies following the 2008 crash comes to mind.

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Five Things to do During a Stock Market Correction

The Chicago Financial Planner

Ideally you’ve been rebalancing your portfolio along the way and your asset allocation is largely in line with your plan and your risk tolerance. For example during the 2008-2009 market debacle I looked at funds to see how they did in both the down market of 2008 and the up market of 2009.

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Equity markets at a crossroads – What is the way forward?

Truemind Capital

After the subprime crisis in 2008, many developed countries’ Central Banks started printing money and flooding the global economies with cheap liquidity. The liquidity support since 2008 and massive stimulus post March 2020 has inflated all the asset prices be it equity, debt, or real estate. But first a quick recap.

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The Ins and Outs of Trend Following

Validea

In his paper, “A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation,” Meb Faber showed that trend following not only works, but can also be very simple to implement. But the high volume of incorrect signals can be very challenging for investors, as has been evidenced in the period since 2008.

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The Super Bowl and Your Investments

The Chicago Financial Planner

The New York Giants (an old NFL team) won in 2008 and the market tanked in what was the start of the financial crisis. Perhaps it’s time to rebalance and to rethink your ongoing asset allocation. In 1970 the Kansas City Chiefs shocked the Minnesota Vikings and the Dow Jones Average ended the year up slightly. Costs matter.

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Market remarkably resilient given banking sector challenges

Nationwide Financial

Over the past four weeks, money markets have added $300 billion, on par with surges in 2008 and 2020, bringing the total to a record $5.1 Fund managers remain historically conservative per Bank of America’s Global Fund Manager Survey showing asset allocators long cash and short equities.

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Stock Market Highs and Your Retirement

The Chicago Financial Planner

At some point we are bound to see a stock market correction of some magnitude, hopefully not on the order of the 2008-09 financial crisis. If so, this is a good time to revisit your asset allocation and perhaps reduce your overall risk. As someone saving for retirement , what should you do now? Review and rebalance .