The global monetary & financial system is heading for a paradigm change. The next SWIFT system and financial market structures are being built all around us, from the grassroots up and with little regards for national borders and the analog reality that accompany them. The (R)evolution is afoot.
Unconventional investing approaches such as insider buying, corporate buybacks, and socially conscious initiatives will remain the investing antagonist to traditional growth and value investing approaches that have the potential to capture “alternative” returns.
Monday’s ISM Services report highlights the robust recovery we are seeing across many of 2020’s laggard industries like travel, restaurants, and leisure services.
Monday’s ISM Services report highlights the robust recovery we are seeing across many of 2020’s laggard industries like travel, restaurants, and leisure services.
During the first quarter, stocks marched higher, fueled by trillions in fiscal and monetary stimulus and continued expectations that a post-COVID-19 economy will be a strong one.
During the first quarter, stocks marched higher, fueled by trillions in fiscal and monetary stimulus and continued expectations that a post-COVID-19 economy will be a strong one.
My team and I are constantly looking forward, and trying to get into the mind of consumers to identify potential investment opportunities. 2020 was the year where portfolio concentration, expensive growth stocks and active trading was a winning trio. 2021 thus far has been the mirror opposite with value significantly outperforming growth and re-opening stocks and cyclicals offering strong portfolio value.
A wise man once told me that liquidity is a coward, it’s never around when you really need it. It has stood me in good stead over the years. As an investor traversing the decades one tends to occasionally find oneself in a period of alluring illiquidity premiums or times were accessing “the new new thing” is so new that the related market is inherently illiquid or “the smartest guys in the room” have created a new ‘guaranteed moneymaker’ that can only be accessed (via special invitation and high fees) by a select ‘lucky’ few.
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.
In my opinion, true active strategies have a very important role in portfolios as complements to passive, cheap beta. Advisors need to understand what they own.
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