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Quarterly Commentary

04/09/20

The Coronavirus Impact – Deflation And Then Inflation

By Adam Strauss

“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen.” ─ Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Out of seemingly nowhere, the world is engaged in the most significant crisis since World War II. First...

Quarterly Commentary

01/16/20

10 Predictions for the Next 10 Years

By Josh Strauss

The 2010s represented the longest-ever period of sustained, uninterrupted economic growth and associated market gains. With shrinking unemployment, growing average household wealth, and increasing income disparity – driven by the most activist Federal Reserve in...

Quarterly Commentary

10/25/19

Investing in Uncertain Times

By Adam Strauss

Slowly but surely, the world has been moving from compromise and coordination to name-calling and tribalism. We read news of impeachment inquiries, trade wars, mass demonstrations, accusations of treason, worsening geopolitical tensions, conspiracy theories, fake...

Quarterly Commentary

07/25/19

Which Is Correct — the Stock Market or the Bond Market?

By Adam Strauss

As the S&P 500 Index reaches all-time highs with an extraordinarily high valuation by most measures, how can the 10-year Treasury bond yield simultaneously be declining towards all-time lows?

Quarterly Commentary

04/22/19

The Impact of Inverted Yield Curves

By Adam Strauss

In our most recent investor commentary, we discussed the drivers for the stock market downturn during Q4 2018. We suggested that monetary tightening from central banks across the world was the primary culprit in deflating...

Quarterly Commentary

02/21/19

Why Has the Stock Market Become So Volatile?

By Adam Strauss

The S&P 500 Index generated a total return of -9.0% in December, which was the worst December return since 1931 in the midst of the Great Depression. The quarterly return of the S&P 500 Index...

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