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1st Quarter 2018 - Spring Newsletter

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • March 31, 2018 • 0 Comments
1st Quarter 2018 - Spring Newsletter

The aftermath of a parabolic move

2017 was a record breaking year for the stock market in terms of volatility (or lack thereof). This led to money flooding into stocks to start 2018 as the expectation for more calm ahead drew money away from other lower risk asset classes. The

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Source of the next crisis?

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • March 29, 2018 • 0 Comments
Source of the next crisis?

One of the most common behavioral biases in humans is “representativeness” bias. As Nobel Prize winning economist Dr. Daniel Kahneman described how our brains our programmed to work it is easy to see why this is the case — our brains are generally lazy and want the easiest,

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That may have been a cop

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • March 26, 2018 • 0 Comments
That may have been a cop

Back in February during the 10 day S&P 500 correction I introduced an analogy about speeding (click here to read it.) Back then the “car in the median” was inflation. My conclusion then was it was not a cop, but enough people were racing along at

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market bubble,Market Sell-off,Market Update

An aging bull

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • March 16, 2018 • 0 Comments
An aging bull

Last week we celebrated the 9 year anniversary of the start of the current bull market. I included some charts illustrating how abnormal this run has been. The Wall Street Journal last week put the current bull market in perspective with this week’s Chart of the Week.

Bull

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Happy Anniversary!

By Jeff Hybiak, CFA • March 09, 2018 • 0 Comments
Happy Anniversary!

Today is the 9 year anniversary of the “bottom” of the financial crisis. The S&P 500 lost over 50% of its value during the crisis, falling to a level of 673. It has since rallied over 300% from the depths of the crisis. The only bump

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