At the start of 2020, markets were at all-time highs and, to borrow a phrase from the LEGO Movie’s annoying song, “everything was awesome.” At the time, there were only faint news reports of an outbreak in China causing a stir. And then, as these things tend to go, it was everywhere -all at once.
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President Trump recently unveiled a sweeping set of tariffs on exports from dozens of countries into the United States. Tariffs are duties imposed on imported goods by a government. They are intended to protect domestic industries, encourage local production, and generate tax revenue. In fact, tarif...
I’ve been on this bandwagon for some time now but as the market zooms, we have to wonder what future returns will look like. The S&P 500 is on pace for its second straight 20%+ annual return. This has only occurred five times over the last 75 years, per Bloomberg.
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The S&P 500 Index hit its last all-time high on July 16th at 5,669. Since then, the market (as of this writing) is down about 8%. However, some stocks, namely Mega cap tech stocks, are down far more. The SPDR Technology Index ETF (XLK) is down 16% since its July 10th high. Â
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The short answer is: that’s not what you should be focusing on. Instead, investors should be asking, “at today’s valuation, is it a good time to invest?”Â
Investing at all-time highs may seem scary for investors. We are told to buy low and sell high and buying at all time highs feels like the oppos...
Looking back at 2023, one thing we can reflect on is the winding road we navigated along the way. The last several years we’ve had alternating results and abnormal returns. In 2020, the S&P fell more than 33% before recovering before year’s end to finish up 18%. In 2021, the market was up 29%. In 20...
One of the largest competitors to the stock and bond markets is real estate. In the United States alone, real estate is worth $47 trillion in June 2023, according to Benoit Properties.1 Owning real estate has been the cornerstone of the American Dream since the Pilgrims landed four hundred years ago...
