Our guest this week was Cullen Roche, CIO of Disciplined Funds, founder of Orcam Financial Group and author of Pragmatic Capitalism: What Every Investor Needs to Know About Money and Finance. We discussed topics that included:
The year 2022 has started off painfully with equities selling off amid slowing growth prospects, Federal Reserve hinting at rate hikes, persistent inflation, and looming COVID dislocations. Even though US growth rates for 2021 were the highest since 1984, the broader equity market continues to sell off with the S&P 500 Index approaching correction territory (YTD). In tangent, the broader bond market continues to feel the convexity pains of increasing interest rates while commodity prices hit some of the highest levels since 2014. Market volatility remains at the forefront as markets continue to quest for equilibrium.
In 2020, the ARKK Innovation ETF (ARKK) caught the imagination of the investing public after generating a 152% return for the year. ARKK seeks to invest in cutting edge, innovative companies - tomorrow's most promising companies - through an active approach managed by Kathy Woods, a well-known and established portfolio manager that the Street loves to hate.
By definition, "climate change" is the overarching shifts in global temperatures, resulting in atypical weather patterns. We are not referring to the natural weather changes that occur due to volcanic eruptions, changes in ocean currents, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.
By definition, "climate change" is the overarching shifts in global temperatures, resulting in atypical weather patterns. We are not referring to the natural weather changes that occur due to volcanic eruptions, changes in ocean currents, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.
Rob Gough, Actor/Entrepreneur and Portfolio Manager at Strategy Shares, speaks to ABC’s Action News about the Halt Climate Change ETF that was launched this month, his personal journey to success, his career in acting, and much more in this interview.
Rob Gough, Actor/Entrepreneur and Portfolio Manager at Strategy Shares, speaks to ABC’s Action News about the Halt Climate Change ETF that was launched this month, his personal journey to success, his career in acting, and much more in this interview.
The year 2021 was a mixed bag of innovation, value vs. growth debates, equity recalibrations, high supply side inflation (stagflation), structurally challenged employment data, new virus variants and projected rate hikes. Going into the end of the year, the highly transmissible Omicron variant is roiling markets, overshadowing the Federal Reserve’s (“Fed”) policy guidance of rate hike to rein in inflation.
There are several powerful mega-trends happening around the world. One of these trends is happening in the financial services industry and is still a game in the early innings.
Will Mag 7 stock Nvidia beat estimates? David Miller, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Catalyst Funds, Rational Funds, and Strategy Shares, provided his insights to CNBC on Nov. 19 on why he believes the company will come out ahead this week despite potentially challenging headlines.
In October, Goldman Sachs strategists cautioned investors to be prepared for stock market returns during the next decade that are toward the lower end of their typical performance distribution.
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