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Market Forecasts of 2020 and 2021
2021.01.21
Market Targets from January 2020 2020 was the year of COVID.  There was a steep market drop and a volatility shock in February and March as investors...
Capital Market Assumptions for 2021
2020.12.09
The annual S&P 500 estimates For the past seven years, we have been posting an annual roundup which looks at the annual advance (or decline) of the US...
Post-Election Outcomes for 2021
2020.11.16
The smoke is clearing At this point, it looks clear that the election of 2020 is over.  There are a still a few contested fights to be conducted over...
Quarterly Market Update Q3 2020
2020.10.23
Key news stories The third quarter of 2020 was about the attempt to more accurately estimate the rate of improvement the economy might enjoy following...
The Technology Sector
2020.09.16
The broad inter-correlated market movements broke down in 2020 The US stock market is not a monolith.  When the stock market is up, any individual company...
Are CITs Getting Better or More Popular?
2020.08.18
Using CITs in retirement plans Back in November of 2016, we took a look at Collective Investment Trusts (CITs) as a part of a retirement plan.  You can...
Quarterly Market Update – Q2 2020
2020.07.15
Key news stories The first half of 2020 was all about the coronavirus.  The first quarter saw a sickening plunge.  We entered an official recession in...
What's Next for the Post COVID Economy?
2020.06.09
Real world effects Last month’s article intimated that the market’s swift advance since the late March low was predicated on a quick earnings recovery. ...
Earnings Models: Has the Rally Outpaced Reality?
2020.05.18
The economy and the markets seem disconnected We have repeatedly asserted that, in the short-term, there is limited correlation between the current economy...
Quarterly Market Update – Q1 2020
2020.04.06
Key news stories The first quarter of 2020 was nearly split into two halves.  Until the middle of February, the equity markets continued to soar unchallenged...
Leadership in Times of Crisis
2020.04.03
Thoughts on the importance of EQ for leaders
Coronavirus and the Markets
2020.03.09
“There ain’t nothing you fear more than a bad headline, now, is there?” Cedric Daniels, The Wire The coronavirus hits the market hard Until a few...
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