Despite being practically nonexistent 20 years ago, hybrid golf clubs are now used by most professional golfers, regularly part of a golfer’s set, and in two-thirds of golf iron sets sold today.
As I’ve said in many of these missives, there is always something to worry about. I get paid to look for the obvious punch as well as where the sucker punches may come from. Recently, we have a new brick to add to the “wall of worry”: the coronavirus outbreak.
In the trade war, China targeted the U.S. farmers, who represent a sizeable voter base for President Trump, with its own tariffs on American farm products including soybeans, corn, cotton, and more. Now, the war is winding down, and U.S. ag exports are up. It’s time to start counting the winners and losers.
I'm sorry to bring this to your attention, but as a close watcher of the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) for the past 20 years I felt it was my duty bring to light some ominous notes, unfortunately, and see below two charts comparing TLT (ETF that tracks long-term Treasury bonds) and the VIX.
I'm sorry to bring this to your attention, but as a close watcher of the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) for the past 20 years I felt it was my duty bring to light some ominous notes, unfortunately, and see below two charts comparing TLT (ETF that tracks long-term Treasury bonds) and the VIX.
In part two of my blog posts on structured annuities, I would like to discuss the benefits and detriments of the asset class, and then compare/contrast the two examples that I presented in our last post.
Smart beta. Empirical finance. Evidence-based investing. These terms have migrated from the periphery of the investment ecosystem just ten years ago to become the investment world’s most popular memes today. Why?
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.
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