Just when I commented how the market had seemed to settle down (by not making 1%+ daily/hourly moves) volatility returned once again on Tuesday. Following the parabolic move that began last September, these sort of swings should be expected. That doesn’t make them any more comfortable.
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Despite the volatility of the news flow, the stock market made a parabolic move higher in 2017 and set records for the lowest level of price volatility on record. Since the beginning of February, the market has done what I expected when you have a president that tests policy ideas
Over the past several years as the S&P 500 has marched steadily higher clients in our lowest risk strategies (Income Allocator & Tactical Bond) have grown anxious. Even though most clients invested in these two programs are there because they either had a very low ability or willingness
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 massive influx of cash sparked a
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
