When we think about the stock market, we often assume that it moves in a linear fashion. Up or down. However, there are times of uncertainty that the market reacts like a jackrabbit – bouncing up and down, all around.
When we think about the stock market, we often assume that it moves in a linear fashion. Up or down. However, there are times of uncertainty that the market reacts like a jackrabbit – bouncing up and down, all around.
Following the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to raise interest rates 25 bps this afternoon, Leland Abrams, portfolio manager of a fixed income fund, provided his initial market insights.
Following the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to raise interest rates 25 bps this afternoon, Leland Abrams, portfolio manager of a fixed income fund, provided his initial market insights.
In a bull market, generally every asset goes up and to the right. Some portfolios perform better than others but overall, everyone is making money and happy. Thankfully, markets go up roughly 80% of the time. I've been working with Advisors for 28 years now and have had the opportunity to analyze portfolio construction through the lens of a holdings-based approach. There is no right or wrong way to build a portfolio but today I wanted to highlight the potential benefits of a simple, 3-pronged approach driven by commonsense, logic, and robust data.
For months, investors have been scaling what feels like an endless wall of worry. Each concern that gets resolved seems to spawn new uncertainties, yet the market has continued its relentless climb higher.
We’ve lived this movie before. Last August, AAII bullish sentiment struck a 52-week high right before the Fed launched its September rate cutting cycle.