by Colin Symons, CFA | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
This blog is a bit longer than usual, but a lot happened in the first quarter. We started the year with a big party in tech, but around the middle of February people started getting nervous, presumably about Covid-19. Then in early March we saw panic across all asset...
by Colin Symons, CFA | Mar 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
I last wrote a blog six days ago, on March 12. Now, at March 18, we can more clearly see some important facets of the current financial stresses. First I will outline some of those stresses, and then I will discuss what I think may unfold over the rest of 2020. We...
by Colin Symons, CFA | Mar 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
We want to tell you what we are seeing, and what we are thinking. This will be an overview, and we likely will follow up with additional communications as matters evolve. We have a core investment process we have built, and believe in, to help us manage assets in all...
by Colin Symons, CFA | Feb 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
There’s quite a lot going on in the financial markets and in the world – so much that I don’t think I can go into great detail. But here are some highlights: On the one hand we have the biggest mix of potential market-impact problems I have seen in...
by Colin Symons, CFA | Jan 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
However you want to look at it, the stock market has been having quite a run. The market returned over 30% in 2019, and for the decade 2010-2019 the S&P 500® Index has a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 13.5%, well above the long term average of slightly less...
by Colin Symons, CFA | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Don’t let facts get in the way of a good story. That’s what we tend to see towards the end of a bull market, whether we’re talking about tulip bulbs, Nifty Fifty stocks of the 1970s, tech stocks in 2000, or our present spate of unicorns (IPO startup...
