Investing Caffeine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Cash in consumer wallets and money in the bank help the economy keep chugging along at a healthy clip. Source: Trading Economics As long as consumers continue to hold a job, they will continue spending to buoy economic activity – remember, consumer spending accounts for roughly 70% of our country’s economic activity.

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Truemind Capital

JUNE 30, 2022

After the subprime crisis in 2008, many developed countries’ Central Banks started printing money and flooding the global economies with cheap liquidity. The quantum of money printing jumped massively after Corona-led economic shutdowns. This resulted in inflation to the levels last seen 40 years ago in many developed economies.

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Carson Wealth

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In their updated “ Summary of Economic Projections ,” they revised their estimates of core inflation for 2023 down from 3.7% Markets were off to the races after the Fed released its statement and economic projections. Lower interest rates can have significant positive effects on the economy, including on mortgage rates.

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Investing Caffeine

JANUARY 2, 2024

With China’s stagnating economy, it has helped our inflationary cause by exporting deflationary goods to our country. Source: Trading Economics Declining inflation and interest rates explain a lot of investor optimism, but there are additional reasons to be sanguine. Source: Visual Capitalist Why So Bullish? a few months ago to 3.9%

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WiserAdvisor

MARCH 19, 2024

Rich individuals do not simply hoard their money in bank accounts. Instead, they strategically allocate their funds to investments that have the potential to generate high returns over time. These investments serve not only to grow their wealth but also to protect it against market volatility and economic downturns.

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James Hendries

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Some recent softening in economic data, coupled with signals from the bond market, may be indicating that Fed policymakers’ concerted inflation fight may be closer to the end than the beginning. We should also have slowing corporate earnings growth and greater economic uncertainty to contend with, some formidable seas to navigate.

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Truemind Capital

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Trade was important to the Roman economy and it generated vast wealth for the citizens of Rome. The economy was in shambles and trade was majorly localized and was done using barter methods. Significant debasement of money has happened and will continue to happen as per the promises made by the Central banks all around the world.

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Truemind Capital

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Many believe that the possibility of losses is very minimal since the central banks are on their side. To quantify, the Central bank of the USA – Fed printed more than 20% of total US dollars ever printed in the last year. Why then central banks never did such a thing earlier which can make so many people wealthy.

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Investing Caffeine

APRIL 1, 2022

The hangover from COVID has created significant supply chain disruptions and widespread economic shortages. Source: Trading Economics. The rising Baker Hughes drilling rig count below reflects the miracle of supply-demand economics operating in full force. Source: Trading Economics. Source: GasBuddy.com.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2017

EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks achen Thu, 06/01/2017 - 02:47 Asset allocation—at least for us—is an exercise in nuance. We move slowly and carefully when it comes to shifting our portfolios away from one asset class or region and toward another.

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Brown Advisory

MAY 31, 2017

Asset allocation—at least for us—is an exercise in nuance. We move slowly and carefully when it comes to shifting our portfolios away from one asset class or region and toward another. EUROPEAN RE-ENTRY: Why We Are Shifting Portfolios Toward European Stocks. Thu, 06/01/2017 - 02:47.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Among the concerns breeding skepticism about the economy and the markets are on-again/off-again trade negotiations, disruption of supply chains, declines in manufacturing activity, and sluggish capital spending. economy that may restrain the country's ability to grow at rates considered normal over the last several decades.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Among the concerns breeding skepticism about the economy and the markets are on-again/off-again trade negotiations, disruption of supply chains, declines in manufacturing activity, and sluggish capital spending. economy that may restrain the country's ability to grow at rates considered normal over the last several decades.

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Brown Advisory

JULY 24, 2018

Strong Defense: The Falling Opportunity Cost of Allocating to Bonds ajackson Tue, 07/24/2018 - 09:25 For years, “defense” in portfolios—i.e., allocations to cash and core fixed income holdings—has meant a willingness to accept extremely low returns. stocks play in most investors’ core equity allocations.

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Brown Advisory

JULY 24, 2018

allocations to cash and core fixed income holdings—has meant a willingness to accept extremely low returns. But after many years of economic recovery, we finally have reached a point where defensive allocations once again provide a reasonable yield. stocks play in most investors’ core equity allocations.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 3, 2015

Ahead of the first tightening by the Federal Reserve in nine years, we are shifting into less-traditional assets, anticipating that, at best, U.S. stocks and fixed income securities will probably languish when the central bank begins to withdraw record stimulus. Without a Script. Unemployment fell to 5.4% Impact on U.S. Impact on U.S.

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Truemind Capital

MARCH 20, 2020

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. Value by clicking here. Buying the best of businesses at wrong prices could turn out to be a bad investment.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

From an economic perspective, growth in the U.S. Cycles have yet to be eradicated from the economic landscape. Even as the “E” (earnings) component of the P/E ratio has increased in 2018 thanks to the strong economy and tax cuts, the “P” (price) component has moved up more, and valuations have risen perceptibly.

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Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2018

From an economic perspective, growth in the U.S. Cycles have yet to be eradicated from the economic landscape. Even as the “E” (earnings) component of the P/E ratio has increased in 2018 thanks to the strong economy and tax cuts, the “P” (price) component has moved up more, and valuations have risen perceptibly.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

War and financial turmoil— the bane of Europe’s economic well-being last century—are currently veiling a rebound in regional growth and unanticipated vigor among European companies. Europe’s economy has picked up steam even with Ukraine battling Russian-backed insurgents and Greece narrowly dodging an exit from the eurozone.

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Brown Advisory

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Weak commodity prices and flagging emerging market economies have dimmed the outlook for energy and metals companies, and are shaking up the high-yield bond market. Debt in well-managed companies positioned to weather an economic slump return nearly three times the 2.3% By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst.

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Truemind Capital

APRIL 19, 2024

Here are some of the popular themes and the risks associated with them: Falling Interest Rates : There has been earnest demand by market participants to cut interest rates in the US and other developed economies on the back of falling inflation rates. One can consider debt portfolios with floating rate instruments for long-term allocation.

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Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

However, the fact remains the economy remains strong, corporate profits are at record levels, unemployment is low, and interest rates remain at attractive levels despite nagging inflation ( see chart below ) and the removal of accommodative monetary policies by the Federal Reserve. Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED).

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The Big Picture

JULY 11, 2023

And it’s kind of funny, if you, and now you see it in New York City, but if you showed up in a meeting in a coat and tie, post the dot-com era and coming into the more recent stuff, you were viewed as sort of the old economy. JOHNSON: And then I moved into, we had a bank at the time, and I moved into running part of the bank.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 5, 2024

So I switched to be an economics major. I graduated economics with, with a lot of coursework in accounting and finance. So they’d give individual asset allocation to people and they’d go invest their money. And so I remember back, back in 2005 when we first started, you know, we think about the banks.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

As recently as 2012 Puerto Rico was able to sell to investors public-sector bonds despite its bleak fiscal outlook and shrinking economy. Consider this scenario: An economy is shrinking, government debt is ballooning and emigration is eroding the workforce. By Taylor Graff, CFA, Asset Allocation Analyst. Current U.S.

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ClearMoney

JANUARY 4, 2022

Coming out of a volatile 2020, investors sought signals as to which way the global economy was headed. The distribution of vaccines and the easing of lockdowns were followed by an economic rebound, but the emergence of new variants would be a setback for the recovery. But growth stocks rallied later in the year.

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James Hendries

MARCH 13, 2023

Instead, we got a shockingly fast collapse of a financial institution with over $200 billion in assets, which turned the market’s focus toward the stability of the banking system and what systemic risks banks might be facing. Recent economic data has pointed to continued growth—giving rise to the “no landing” narrative.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

My mental image was that he worked in the bank of, back of a bank approving mortgage applications. There’s also quantitative metrics that we look at Those have evolved, but always within that capa, that cluster of high returns on investment stability across the economic cycle are consistent and strong balance sheets.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

His latest book could not be more timely, “The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest,” it’s all about the history of interest rates, money lending, investing speculation, funded by banks and loans and credit. And Jeremy said, “Well, at least there’s enough structural redundancy in the banking system.”

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James Hendries

JUNE 20, 2023

As the economy is likely downshifting, investors should take heed that the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) current stance is eerily similar to early 2007. During that time, the Fed held a tightening bias since they believed the housing market was stabilizing, the economy would continue to expand, and inflation risks remained.

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James Hendries

JULY 3, 2023

While activity remains muted at best, expectations are focused on 2024, when there is a prevailing consensus that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will be finished with its rate hike campaign, and that economic conditions will be resilient enough to underpin a strong capital markets environment. With economic data continuing to suggest the U.S.

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James Hendries

JUNE 26, 2023

However, the impending end of the Federal Reserve (Fed) rate-hiking campaign, and the economy’s and corporate America’s resilience, help make the bull case that steers LPL Research toward a neutral, rather than negative, equities view from a tactical asset allocation perspective. At the same time, the resilience of the U.S.

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James Hendries

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The LPL Research Strategic and Tactical Asset Allocation Committee is increasing its recommended interest rate exposure in its tactical allocation from underweight to neutral. As we know from historical precedents, when the Fed aggressively raises rates, economic growth slows or outright contracts, which is the Fed’s goal.

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Brown Advisory

APRIL 1, 2015

Although we expressed some worry about the long-term effects of mounting deficits, we concluded that stocks and other assets were not in bubble territory and represented good value despite what we saw as a weak economic recovery. economy following the financial crisis. Then and Now.

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James Hendries

MARCH 6, 2023

Suggesting an economy makes “no landing” makes no sense. Economic activity does not stop like an airplane eventually does, but rather the economy will settle into a steady state where growth is consistent with factors such as population and productivity. Analogies eventually break down, especially this one.

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James Hendries

AUGUST 15, 2022

economy is in or about to enter recession, so we thought a piece on what a recession might mean for the stock market would be of interest. economy is not currently in recession, odds are still perhaps a coin flip or better that one may come in the next year. While Friday’s strong jobs report provides more evidence that the U.S.

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