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economy will likely perform in 2025, and if there are surprises - like in 2020 with the pandemic - to adjust my thinking. There were many promises made during the campaign that obviously will not happen (deport 20 million people, no taxes on tips, overtime or Social Security benefits, 200% tariffs, and on and on). in February 2020.
New home sales peaked in 2020 as pandemic buying soared. Another exception was in late 2021 - we saw a significant YoY decline in new home sales related to the pandemic and the surge in new home sales in the second half of 2020. Note that Residential Investment is quarterly and single-family starts and new home sales are monthly.
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New home sales peaked in 2020 as pandemic buying soared. Another exception was in late 2021 - we saw a significant YoY decline in new home sales related to the pandemic and the surge in new home sales in the second half of 2020. Note that Residential Investment is quarterly and single-family starts and new home sales are monthly.
Another exception was in late 2021 - we saw a significant YoY decline in new home sales related to the pandemic and the surge in new home sales in the second half of 2020. Also note that the sharp decline in 2010 was related to the housing tax credit policy in 2009 - and was just a continuation of the housing bust.
Another exception was in late 2021 - we saw a significant YoY decline in new home sales related to the pandemic and the surge in new home sales in the second half of 2020. Also note that the sharp decline in 2010 was related to the housing tax credit policy in 2009 - and was just a continuation of the housing bust.
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Between 1980 and 2020, nearly 45% of all companies that were ever in the Russell 3000 experienced a 70% drop in stock price from the peak and never recovered. Charitable Contributions: Donating appreciated stock to charity while reducing capital gains tax. Of the underperformers, 39% actually lost money.
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The survey also showed the largest two-month jump in cash since April 2020 and the 4 th highest recession expectations ever. The recently released Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey showed a record number of participants who intend to cut US exposure, as shown in the chart below.
Tariffs impact: Proposed increases could raise the effective tax rate on U.S. I ntra-year drop: Markets are down ~1819% this year high, but still within historical norms: 2022: 25% 2020 (COVID): 34% 2008 (financial crisis): 49% Volatility spike: VIX rose above 45 one of the highest on record. imports from 2.3%
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Yes the dividend funds did better than SPY in 2022 but not 2020 and in the financial crisis, I believe DVY was the only one that was around and being heaviest in financials, it did very badly. Long terms gains get better tax treatment everything else being equal. Long terms gains get better tax treatment everything else being equal.
There’s also recency bias at play: The market downturns of 2022 and the COVID-19 shock in 2020 linger in memory, making us forget the equally compelling history of market recoveries and long-term growth. 15:10] Optimize cash flow through strategic sales while considering tax efficiency. [19:50] Cash is Comforting, but at What Cost?
Generically, dividends are not tax efficient. They are taxed at ordinary income. SCHD has historically paid "qualified" dividends which are taxed more favorably as capital gains but this is something to continuously track. Derivative income funds that track indexes might be taxed 60/40, you have to check.
From 2020 on, VBAIX outperformed four times. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. And plugging into Testfol.io which goes back further and comparing it to VBAIX. From 2000 to 2019, Swensen outperformed 14 times.
Portfolio 1 does not keep up with portfolios that have close to a normal allocation to equities but that portfolio was less volatile, did have an adequate real return and had much smaller drawdowns except in the 2020 Pandemic Crash. Another important observation is that Portfolio 1 is truly differentiated from 60/40.
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14 That was seen in the first half of 2020, when the Nasdaq Composite led the way down as U.S. Some ETFs may involve international risks, which include differences in financial reporting standards, currency exchange rates, political risks unique to specific countries, foreign taxes and regulations, and the potential for illiquid markets.
It had a big drawdown in the 2020 Pandemic Crash which, ok, something like that sure but it had a surprisingly big drawdown in 2022 as you can see at 13%. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation.
It did decline about 5% in the 2020 Pandemic Crash and in 2022 it was up 1.36%. The backtest runs from the start of 2011 to the end of 2020. Um ok, but MSTR started buying Bitcoin in 2020. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation.
It also fell 37% in the 2020 Pandemic Crash but it took that back in just four months. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. Also PSLDX is capable of some huge drawdowns, dropping 43% in 2022 and 33% in 2008.
In the partial year of 2020, Portfolio 1 was down 83 basis points while the S&P was up 18%. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. In 2021 it lagged the index by 12%.
That leads to a Tweet from Krishna Memani who worked at Oppenheimer for a long time and who has been running the Endowment at Lafayette College since 2020. The min vol version is valid longer term but 2020 would have been a challenging time to hold.
Investors of course love dividends but share buybacks and debt reduction are more tax efficient than dividends which are taxed at ordinary income rates. It offered no crisis alpha though in the 2020 Pandemic Crash and in 2018 it was down 13.5% I threw in the Schwab US Dividend for context. versus 4.5%
So for sure, February, March, 2020, you know, even treasuries, high quality investment grade, you know, the whole thing e everything was seeing dislocation, right? If you’re in a high tax state, how are you looking at the muni markets these days? The big one was COVID. That’s been the debate.
Portfolio 1 lagged by quite a bit in 2019 and then even more in 2020. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. I took what he was saying to be expressed as follows in a portfolio. Then it made it back in 2022 when it was only down 1.1%.
I saw where this was the worst single day drop since one of the bad days during the 2020 Pandemic Crash. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. Markets got pasted today of course.
Looking at the 2020 Pandemic Crash, that was a fast decline but it played out over several weeks and while in real time we could recognize it as more of a crash than a long slow bear market, it didn't feel that fast. Moving to markets which hopefully we understand just a little better.
The S&P 500 doesn't fall 20% in a quarter very often but obviously it can happen, it happened in Q1 of 2020 and the 3rd quarter of 2008 and I imagine there were others. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation.
With shifting tariff policies, proposed tax cuts, and a potentially higher federal deficit, market stability might seem like a distant opportunity. Can you share examples of how you’ve guided clients through past downturns, like in 2008 and 2020? How do you personalize risk tolerance for individual clients?
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From its all time high in July 2020, TLH is down 41%. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. The price might literally never recover. I don't see how it can get back to that level unless the ten year's yield goes back to 58 basis points.
So this is 00:44:27 [Speaker Changed] One I’m so, I’m so glad you brought that up because we went through a, a run starting in 2020 where every talking pundit Yahoo first they were an epidemiologist. I’d rather listen to people who have, are well-grounded opinions and understand the history of law in terms of doing that.
Both unleveraged versions were down 800-900 basis points less than the others during the 2020 Pandemic crash. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation.
Both True North portfolios also held up relatively well in the 2020 Pandemic Crash which are the max drawdown numbers in the chart. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. It's only down year was 2018 with a decline of 7.91%.
I expanded on it a little bit and noted it's not particularly relaxing but I would reiterate that this is a great time to lean forward and learn about some things in real time versus looking at a backtest from a benchmark event like the 2020 Pandemic Crash or 2022. All of the different factors have their moments in the sun.
In 2022 it was only down 3.32% which is really good of course but in the 2020 Pandemic Crash it fell 20%. That might not be a useful way to look at though as the fund currently owns a lot of ETFs that weren't around in 2020. TRTY has had mixed results with crisis alpha.
The "endowment" result is very close to red line VBAIX every year except 2020 when it lagged by almost 600 basis point and 2022 when it outperformed by about 500 basis points. It did worse in the 2020 Pandemic Crash by 200 basis points which isn't problematic for how quickly everything snapped back. Is it this?
It did go down almost 9% in the 2020 Pandemic Crash but that was just a fraction of what the S&P 500 dropped and in 2022, OCRP was up 9.15%. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. I threw tail in as well as the S&P 500.
All five funds really struggled from 2015-2020 but there was variation among the five. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. We looked at a similar chart the other day.
None of them helped though in the 2020 Pandemic Crash. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. MERIX is a client and personal holding. The 50/50 version is the most interesting to me. The 50/50 version did far and away the best in 2022.
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