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Tuesday links: dislocated from reality

Abnormal Returns

morningstar.com) Alternative assets are not all that alternative. wired.com) Asset allocation How various asset classes performed during a recession. calculatedriskblog.com) The bifurcation between new and existing home sales continues. bonddad.blogspot.com) Economy Economic anxiety isn't going anywhere.

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MiB: Ed Yardeni on the Roaring 20s

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Dr. Ed Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research , a provider of global investment strategies and asset-allocation analyses and recommendations. ” We discuss how his unusual career developed, with his covering both Investment strategy AND economic analysis.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Oct’24

Truemind Capital

Combined with India’s own economic strength and lower interest rates, asset prices—stocks, real estate, gold—could rise even further. The assumption that asset prices will keep rising can quickly be challenged by things like escalating geopolitical tensions, a U.S. What does this mean for India? But so will inflation!

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Financial Market Round-Up – July’24

Truemind Capital

Given the high valuations and fuzzy near-term outlook, our ideal strategy is to stick the asset allocation framework which best suits our risk profile. Our tactical allocation to Chinese equities has been bearing fruits despite continued domestic demand challenges and real estate sector issues.

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Market remarkably resilient given banking sector challenges

Nationwide Financial

Fund managers remain historically conservative per Bank of America’s Global Fund Manager Survey showing asset allocators long cash and short equities. Cash levels rose in March at the fastest pace since last September and remain above average and allocation to equities remains significantly lower than in history.

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Bad News is Good News?

Investing Caffeine

Bad economic news turned out to be good news for stocks. This time around, good economic news meant bad news for stock prices, primarily because the Federal Reserve was slamming the brakes on the economy by increasing the Federal Funds interest rate target. to +1.3% , and pending home sales dropped by -7.7% It fell -19%.

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Consumer Wallets Strong, Rate Hikes Long, What Could Go Wrong?

Investing Caffeine

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. rate (see chart below). Rates Up, Housing Prices Up? is not that appealing. The S&P 500 index fell -4.9%