Global Asset Allocation Views – Q3 2020

Global Asset Allocation Views Q3 2020 2nd Quarter Recap Markets exited bear territory finishing just shy of all-time highs. NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) finally called the recession when it appears we may already be exiting and entering a new cycle....

Asset Allocation and Market Recoveries

Asset Allocation and Market Recoveries      Asset Allocation Dilemma Money managers and individual investors have the dilemma of creating a proper asset allocation.  The decisions involve assigning weights to equities, bonds, cash, and alternative strategies or asset...

Coronavirus Market UPDATE

Coronavirus Market UPDATE   As I write this, we have officially entered a bear market.  The first official bear market since the 2008 financial crisis.  The spread of covid-19 has caused supply constraints, lower demand, concerns in the credit market, and...

Coronavirus Scare

Coronavirus Scare – US markets entered 2020 at overbought levels poised for a drawdown.  The global economy was bouncing back from a difficult 2019 and a manufacturing recession in some parts of the globe.  The US-China phase 1 trade deal was helping to boost...

Global Asset Allocation Views – Q1 2020

Global Asset Allocation Views – Q1 2020 The S&P 500 closed 2019 at a record high and trending in the opposite direction from 2018’s December low.  Below I provide the returns of the S&P 500 over the past three years and the largest intra-year declines for...