As we start a new decade it appears we will continue to have "unprecedented" measures by the Federal Reserve to keep the markets rising. While the Fed refuses to call the huge influx of cash into the banking system "Quantitative Easing (QE)," the fact the banking system still needs the
On paper 2019 is going down as the best year for the S&P 500 since 1997. The euphoria and confidence we are seeing at the end of the year feels quite similar to what we experienced at the end of the 1990s. It is
I've often told our advisors and clients the calendar can be a cruel thing for investment managers. Everyone focuses on the returns for each month, quarter, or year, which is often skewed by large moves the last few days or weeks of the period. Look at 2018 where a spectacular
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There are a lot of things that create bubbles, but the primary driver behind all of them is our emotions. Our brains are programmed to both assume what has happened recently will continue to happen and to only watch for scenarios they believe are possible. I've called this current bull
