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

The Big Picture

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 without that, you know, investment in the economy, we weren’t going to get the economy forward. 2020 comes.

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2023 Markets and Economy, and New Year Outlook

Your Richest Life

As 2023 comes to a close, we can take a look at how the markets and economy performed, where we stand now, and what might be on the horizon for 2024. In fact, during the first three quarters of the year, the economy grew at a rate of 3.2 And that is also why we build balance into a portfolio. Looking at you, 2020. )

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Weekend Thoughts – Inflation Hedges, Bonds & The “This is Fine” Economy

Discipline Funds

Let’s look at the scorecard: Bitcoin – it boomed in 2020 well in advance of the big inflation spike in 2021 & 2022 and weirdly busted as inflation reared its ugly head. Gold & Commodities – They largely did the same thing except they boomed in early 2020 and meandered sideways since.

Economy 77
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Monday links: indiscriminate selling

Abnormal Returns

Treasuries The MOVE index is at 2020-like levels. twitter.com) 60/40 Portfolio A reason why the 60/40 portfolio isn't working this time around. twitter.com) 60/40 Portfolio A reason why the 60/40 portfolio isn't working this time around. axios.com) Investors are shunning the 20-year Treasury.

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Observations to Start 2023

The Big Picture

Holding onto expectations of major shifts in key drivers of the markets and the economy – merely due to the changing of the calendar – is a carryover from the days when the calendar mattered much more. We can credit three elements for this massive outperformance: -Substantial prices resets: 57% in 2008-09 and 34% in 2020.

Economy 321
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The Equity Beat: Old Economy Stocks Aging Like Fine Wine

Brown Advisory

The Equity Beat: Old Economy Stocks Aging Like Fine Wine mhannan Fri, 08/11/2023 - 17:10 Unlike my good friends who frequent Baltimore’s finest dining establishments about as often as the division-leading Orioles win (you know who you are), I would never be confused for a wine connoisseur. was only marginally better.

Economy 98
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Monthly NFPs Are Rounding Errors

The Big Picture

1 This is significant for two reasons: First, it is a full 5 million more people working today than in January 2020, just before the pandemic struck. workers in the economy that excludes proprietors, private household employees, unpaid volunteers, farm employees, and the unincorporated self-employed. This is not a popular opinion.

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