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Is the Market Correction on the Way?
Do you remember the market crash of 2020? Well me neither! We had one of the fastest recoveries on record, and in a span of 2 years the market has ... Read Full Article
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Job Reports and CPI Numbers: What It Means for the Month of June
For the past 20 years, June has been one of the worst months of the year with only 40% of the time being positive. Whether this year will follow the ... Read Full Article
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What Can the Lumber to Gold Ratio Tell Us About the Market?
This past Wednesday, inflation numbers were released and, as expected, they created jitters in the market. The speed at which prices rose month over month resulted in a major sell ... Read Full Article
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S&P on Track for its Best Year in 35 Years: What Could Go Wrong?
When we were rebalancing our portfolio in early December, we looked at many reports by investment banks in order to gain a sense of what the S&P 500 was expected ... Read Full Article
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More than $2 Trillion for Infrastructure! Who will Benefit from Biden’s Proposed Bill?
President Joe Biden recently proposed a $2 trillion infrastructure bill to repair America’s crumbling infrastructure – an infrastructure that has earned a C- score from the American Society of Civil ... Read Full Article
Tech is Bound to Take Off Again
Long QQQ Short The VIX There has been an ongoing debate in the investment industry when it comes to value and growth. Value had a fantastic run after the dotcom ... Read Full Article
Market Update
From Steep Yield Curve to Tax Breaks: What caused the 2021 and 2016 sell-offs, and can we predict how the market will bounce back? The markets appear to be rebounding ... Read Full Article
Will Rising Rates Burst The SPAC Bubble?
SPACs were the hottest thing in 2019 and 2020, however, in the first months of 2021, they have failed to outperform the S&P 500. So, what is the reason behind ... Read Full Article
What is Going on in the Market? Do Not Panic
In this week’s newsletter, I am going to discuss the impact of rising rates on the market. We’ve seen a massive correction in many of the hot tech stocks that ... Read Full Article
YOLO Options of 2020 vs. Credit Crisis of 08: Does History Repeats Itself?
In the first week of September 2020, retail traders (trading less than 10 contracts) made $11.5 billions worth of trades in call contracts, 9 time the weekly average. In comparison, ... Read Full Article
Low Leverage is the Key to Survive this Pandemic
So who has been the biggest winner in this pandemic? Looking at the Russell 1000 index, it is prominent that companies with lower leverage on their balance sheets, have been ... Read Full Article
Should You Still Include Fixed Income in Your Portfolio for Hedging Purposes?
Is fixed income as an asset class no longer able to provide ballast against equity sell-offs? With zero lower bound interest rates(ZLB), the investors fear rates will not be able ... Read Full Article