Some insight into how investors can navigate these tumultuous times.
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Over the past few years, the world has collectively struggled with various crises all demanding our attention. From a global pandemic to rising concerns over climate change to a war in Ukraine that's leaving us all holding our breath - it's hard not to be scared over current world events. As an investor, a world in crisis can become even scarier when we begin seeing changes in our economy and in a volatile market.
The Federal Reserve is making a U-Turn with an aggressive approach that will include interest rate increases.
Thursday, 17 February 2022
The Federal Reserve is returning to the forefront of conversations in an economy that has largely recovered from COVID, and it’s making a U-Turn. Unlike last Saturday’s Super Bowl, where there could only be one winner, the goal is to have everybody win as the Fed starts to walk the tightrope between inflation and deflation by increasing interest rates.
In periods of higher market volatility, like we’re experiencing now, it’s important for investors to avoid becoming complacent and to have plans in place for inevitable market dips.
Wednesday, 26 January 2022
In our last episode, we discussed expectations for 2022 - including higher volatility than we’ve seen in the last few years. We’re seeing it already, so this episode will delve further into why we expected this to happen.
We don’t believe in trying to time the markets, but using an evidence-based approach to make projections can help us understand what to expect in 2022.
Thursday, 06 January 2022
It’s a new year, and we’ve been busy evaluating market dynamics in order to make projections about what might happen next.
The market demonstrated its strength in 2021, with a relative lack of volatility and a few impressive statistics, too.
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
In episodes 21 and 22, we reflected on 2020 and shared expectations for 2021. I’m happy to say we got some predictions right, but I’m not surprised we got a lot wrong, too.
