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2021 US Markets Review

US markets were top performers in 2021. Fed tapering became the year's theme as inflation began showing up in the Spring. Bonds sold off, and yields rose. Chinese companies suffered as a crackdown on foreign listed stocks erupted in Q3. The US maintains its top ranking of all equity markets going into 2022.

ETF Comparison for Dividend Income

For those clients seeking income, we have a choice between US Government Bonds, Dividend paying stocks and Real Estate.

Friday Investment Talk: US Mortgage Rates, Income, and Inflation

FIT FEB 26
Inflation threats scared the market, and sent tech shares down. We discuss seasonality and highlight weakness can resurface after a bounce.

Friday Investment Talk: Semiconductors, Inflation, Bonds and Biotech

Friday Investment Talk Feb19
The global semiconductor shortage calls for capital investments. Commodity inflation is here. CPIs are low still, but long bonds sell off. Biotech is a sweet spot.

US Yields on the Rise

Over the last few days, Treasury yields have risen significantly as Democratic wins in Georgia are likely to lead to more COVID relief spending. Besides looking at the the potential effects on the market, we address a few strategies to mitigate the risk of rising rates in a fixed income portfolio.

Friday Investment Talk: Overbought Markets Headed Into Summer

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Stocks are still bullish from a technical point of view - the Put/Call ratio is overbought, but not yet negative. All time highs for percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving averages (95%). Seasonality is generally weak in summer months, but summers are better in election years than other months in election years, and better than in summer months in non-election years. Research from Bank of America, Cylicals could take the lead in the summer, as social media and tech companies under polical pressure.

Friday Investment Talk: US Market Update, Diversification, and Asian Market Opportunities

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We have a just launched the first session of our new weekly "Friday Investment Talk" series. This week Alan, Mike, and I discuss the continuation of the bull market's posture. Mike speaks of how client's 'fear of missing out' leads to overly concentrated portfolios. Alan highlights how the recent Chinese sell off could be a buying opportunity, as other Asian markets look strong.

Seasonal Trade Strategy: MACD Update

So far, April has regained some of this years losses - in fact the NASDAQ is again positive for 2020. What should investors do now that markets are entering the weakest period of the year? How bad could this year be, actually?
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Seasonal Trade Strategy: Not Yet Bullish

Bull Market is waiting
The Seasonal Buy Signal is on Hold. The bull market is still in waiting.
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Correlations: How To Really Diversify

correlations with SPY (short)

Below we show a correlation matrix of some of the more popular US ETFs. As a reminder, the closer the correlation is to +1 the stronger the positive relationship. And the closer the number to —1 the stronger the negative relationship. How can we use this knowledge? Two ways: Diversification. One of the tenants of …

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