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Bad News is Good News?

Investing Caffeine

Remember that global pandemic back in 2020 called COVID-19 that killed over 350,000 people in the U.S.? most recently) and the economy went into recession with GDP (Gross Domestic Product) declining by -2.2%. What did the stock market actually do in 2020? On the flip side, during 2022, the economy was firing on all cylinders.

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Strategic Update – Q4 2023

Discipline Funds

Macroeconomic Overview Our macroeconomic forecast for 2023 called for a year of disinflation and “muddle through” That means we expected the economy to remain sluggish and for inflation to show positive rates of change that were sequentially slower. To learn more about our investment management service please contact us here.

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

Truemind Capital

In this piece, we are trying to understand what the future holds and how we can prepare our investment portfolio to deal with future outcomes. After the subprime crisis in 2008, many developed countries’ Central Banks started printing money and flooding the global economies with cheap liquidity. But first a quick recap.

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Market Commentary: Stocks and Bonds Rally as Fed Recognizes Progress on Inflation

Carson Wealth

He once again emphasized that the risk of not doing enough to curb inflation was now balanced with the risk of holding rates too high for too long (and potentially breaking the economy in the process). Lower interest rates can have significant positive effects on the economy, including on mortgage rates. Here’s why.

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Market Commentary: Top Charts From 2023 Set the Scene For 2024

Carson Wealth

The economy surprised, the consumer remained resilient, stocks soared, and even bonds did well on the year thanks to a late-innings rally. economy, despite the skeptics. in October 2022 and causing a heap of pain since the summer of 2020. Top Charts of the Year What a year it has been! Just like everyone called it, right?

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The time has finally come

Truemind Capital

Not understanding the role & importance of tactical asset allocation (overweight debt in euphoric times and overweight equity in a time of acute pessimism) in creating superior returns over the long term. While benchmark Sensex is down by more than 25% in the last one year, our portfolios returns are in the range of 0% to 5%.

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March Madness: Final Four Investing Bracket 2024

Dear Mr. Market

My Portfolio Guide, LLC was the first investment firm to publish a March Madness investing bracket where we share our picks and match them up against each other. We break down and assign each of the four “regions” with an asset class and then pick teams (stocks) that we think have the best chance at doing well relative to others.

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