The Irrelevant Investor

MAY 13, 2022

Every time stocks fall a little, investors fear they will fall a lot. And every time they fall a lot, people think they're going to sink even lower. Before we talk about how much lower stocks can fall, let's take a look at the current decline. The people's index, the Dow, is down just 14% from its peak. The S&P is down 18%. The Nasdaq lost 28%, and the Russell 2k fell 30%.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

MAY 13, 2022

The market weakness in 2022 has continued to accelerate, driving equity prices lower. While it may feel like a pretty extreme selloff, the S&P 500 selling off 15% is fairly normal, occurring every 2.5 years. Even if we reach a “bear market”, defined as a 20% or more decline, this will occur on average every 4 years, so we are experiencing a phenomenon that is relatively frequent.

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The Irrelevant Investor

MAY 13, 2022

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by Halo Investing: See here for more information on investing with Halo. We had Jason Barsema, Co-Founder and President of Halo Investing on today's show to talk about defined outcome investing. On today’s show we discuss: Halo Investing progress Ins and outs of structured notes How inflation and interest rates affect structured note pricing Diversifying across banks Replacing bonds within your portfolio Retirement income strategies Working with Halo as a

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The Better Letter

MAY 13, 2022

Daniel Kahneman is the world’s leading authority on human error. The Kahneman TL;DR? There’s a ton of it and it’s universal. It is one thing to recognize our foibles, of course, and quite another to do something about them, as Kahneman readily concedes. Research evidence, for example, suggests that being smarter, more aware, and more educated doesn’t seem to help us deal with our cognitive difficulties more effectively.

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