Investing Caffeine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Cash in consumer wallets and money in the bank help the economy keep chugging along at a healthy clip. Consumer wallets and balance sheets remain flush with cash as employment remains near record-high levels. More specifically, as you can see in the chart below, the net worth of U.S. households has reached a record $154.3

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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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Investing Caffeine

JANUARY 2, 2024

You may have witnessed some fireworks on New Year’s Eve, but those weren’t the only fireworks exploding. The last two months of 2023 finished with a bang! More specifically, over this short period, the S&P 500 index skyrocketed +13.7%, NASDAQ +16.8%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average +14.0%.

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Advisor Perspectives

JULY 13, 2023

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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The Big Picture

MARCH 5, 2024

It was 16 hour days and it was six or seven days a week, but you really got to learn the financial markets there. 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

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

THE “JAPANIFICATION” QUESTION Investors who were active in the late 1980s will recall that asset prices in Japan reached extreme levels as money poured into the country from all over the world, propelled by extraordinary economic growth. Using the financial crisis as a case in point, the U.S. response was swift and decisive.

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Brown Advisory

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Investors who were active in the late 1980s will recall that asset prices in Japan reached extreme levels as money poured into the country from all over the world, propelled by extraordinary economic growth. Using the financial crisis as a case in point, the U.S. financial markets, to be a global leader for more than a century.

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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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Investing Caffeine

JANUARY 23, 2024

We will delve into a comprehensive market update. Unlock valuable insights at our upcoming webinar: The Keys to ’23 & What’s in Store for ’24! Tuesday, January 30th at 12:00 PM Join us by registering here: [link] Don’t miss out on the latest trends and expert discussions. Register now!

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Investing Caffeine

JANUARY 19, 2024

Drawing from professional and personal life lessons, Wade shares his knowledge about navigating market trends, building investment strategies, and also discuss the books he has authored.

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Investing Caffeine

JULY 5, 2023

Throughout history the prominent Wall Street mantra has been, “Don’t fight the Fed.” In essence, the credo instructs investors to sell stocks when the Federal Reserve increases its Federal Funds interest rate target and buy stocks when the Fed cuts its benchmark objective.

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Investing Caffeine

APRIL 1, 2022

After a painful start to 2022, the stock market surged last month, with the S&P 500 index gaining a respectable +3.6%, while the technology-heavy NASDAQ index rose by +3.4%. With volatility on the rise, getting caught up in the emotions of the headlines can be challenging for some investors.

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Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

T he stock market has been like a rocket ship over the last three years 2019/2020/2021, advancing +90% as measured by the S&P 500 index, and +136% for the NASDAQ. After this meteoric multi-year rise, stock values started to come back to earth in 2022, and the rocket ship turned into a roller coaster during January.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 30, 2020

Consider how we defined investment risk in our 2018 asset allocation publication, Confronting the Unknown: “The probability that a portfolio will not meet an investor’s needs.” Meanwhile, the market must accommodate trading for a large and growing pool of securities; there are about 4,000 publicly traded U.S.

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Brown Advisory

MARCH 30, 2020

Consider how we defined investment risk in our 2018 asset allocation publication, Confronting the Unknown: “The probability that a portfolio will not meet an investor’s needs.” Meanwhile, the market must accommodate trading for a large and growing pool of securities; there are about 4,000 publicly traded U.S.

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The Irrelevant Investor

JULY 19, 2016

Smith taught me how much the market, and even more so the investor, are influenced by psychology. Here he is, from his 1967 classic: A stock is for all practical purposes, a piece of paper that sits in a bank vault. Ferri was an early champion of indexing and asset allocation for financial advisors.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

I don’t know how relevant that is to asset management, but let’s talk a little bit about you were doing before you were being lauded by the French president. You went to school in Paris, but you began your career in London at Merrill and Deutsche Bank. I joined, effectively, Deutsche Bank. I think we learned a lot.

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Truemind Capital

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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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The Big Picture

MARCH 26, 2024

I mean, he was essentially market timer, for a lack of a a better word. He wasn’t tactical asset allocator. 00:11:43 [Speaker Changed] And one of the more rare successful market times 00:11:47 [Speaker Changed] Unbelievably successful. And I had a professor give me a little sort of hint. It wasn’t the case.

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Investing Caffeine

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

and other Western allies may retaliate and escalate tensions in the region, which would unlikely be received well by the financial markets. stocks) when money effectively earned 0% in the bank and close-to-0% in many fixed income securities (i.e.,

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 31, 2023

And so at that point, I was kind of scrambling and I was, like, I need to get into the financial industry because I’m in New York, I have a passion for finance. So a lot of the investment banking analysts had already lined up their gig. DUTTA: We sort of cleared out our banking system. But it was kind of late. DUTTA: Yes.

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Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

When it comes to the financial markets, money continues to go where it is treated best. Sure, we have no shortage of problems or challenges, but where else are you going to put your life savings?

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