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Financial Market Round-Up – Apr’24

Truemind Capital

RBI also goes in tandem with the other central banks regarding rate cuts to maintain stability in the exchange rate and avoid the risk of loosening too early. Consequently, the portfolio allocation should reflect these probabilities depending on the risk profiles. Other Asset Classes: Gold sparkled in the last quarter, going up by 9%.

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2023 Midyear Outlook: Asset Allocation Risks and Opportunities

Advisor Perspectives

What a year it has been for financial markets. There have been several negative factors in play, including a high-single-digit inflation print, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and several regional bank failures. Nonetheless, the S&P 500 finished the second quarter up 17 percent for the year. Go figure!

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Financial Market Round-Up – Jan’24

Truemind Capital

They like to talk about Bajaj Finance and not Yes Bank in their portfolio. Most of the time, even the winners account for very low weight in the overall assets, resulting in miniscule contribution to the portfolio returns. We continue to hold positions in large-cap value stocks and maintain no allocation to mid & small-cap funds.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Oct’23

Truemind Capital

Equity markets are at a very interesting juncture where the market participants have not been able to ascertain the future outlook of the US and world economy (with a bias for positive outcomes). The current fiscal deficit of the US Government is expected to be 7% in the current financial year, which is multi-decade high.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Jul’23

Truemind Capital

The interesting question is why the recession has yet not occurred even after one of the fastest increases in interest rates in history by all the major Central Banks in a very short span of time. We believe the markets will be more volatile over the next 1 year than they have been in the last 7 years.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Apr’23

Truemind Capital

Equity Market Insights: The last quarter has seen one of the major shakeups from the prevailing easy situation over the last decade for the global economies. Debt Market Insights: The debt yields remained elevated during the quarter on the back of rate hikes by Global Central Banks (50 bps to 4.75-5%) For the last 1.5

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Friday links: principles and beliefs

Abnormal Returns

Strategy When should you change your asset allocation? abnormalreturns.com) Spending does more than change your bank balance. abnormalreturns.com) Why rough edges remain in financial markets: people. abnormalreturns.com) Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking?