Global Asset Allocation Views – Q2 2020

Global Asset Allocation Views – Q2 2020 “It’s never paid to bet against America.  We come through things, but it’s not always a smooth ride.” Warren Buffet We enter the second quarter of 2020 amid our first bear market since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008.  We are...

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...