A Millennial Encounters a Bear
If like many millennials you’ve been a casual observer of your retirement investments over the last decade, you may have become accustomed to seeing your account balance rise nearly every year since the Great Recession 1. 1 S&P 500 Historical Annual Returns 2010-2019 Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Index performance presented does…
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Coronavirus and the Markets
Earlier this week the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 4.4% in a single day, registering their largest one-day point drops in history. As of today, the S&P 500 was down 12% from its recent high in just six trading days. The rapid stock market correction was caused by increasing concern that the…
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Is the Stock Market a Popularity Contest or a Scale?
If one of your New Year resolutions is to beef up your knowledge around the stock market, today’s blog post is for you! We take a look at the United States financial market and whether a popularity contest or scale is a better description. The father of value investing Benjamin Graham explained, in somewhat dated…
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The U.S. Debt Bubble in Five Charts
– Post-2008 interest rate compression engineered by global central banks have resulted in a massive accumulation of debt by both sovereign and corporate issuers.
– U.S. corporate (non-financial) bonds outstanding have grown by 63% to over $6.3 trillion just since 2011.
– U.S. government debt outstanding has ballooned by 148% to over $15.8 trillion since 2008.
“Sign of the Times, or Just Plain Loco”
Consistently throughout 2017, I’ve observed several financial transactions, or some type of valuation, that just doesn’t settle quite right with me. Perhaps near zero interest rates around the globe have permanently changed financial markets.
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