The stock
market swoon in February 2018 had its effect on my portfolio also... look at the nos in red below.
It's amazing how much ink a recent
market swoon in capital markets has generated.
Not exact matches
While industry experts
swoon over Chipotle, Taco Bell thrives by offering cheap food that's decidedly down -
market in both concept and execution.
He has a theory about why the
markets swooned: «Necessary changes
in the stance of monetary policy removed the complacent assumption that «all bad news is good news» (because it brought renewed stimulus) that many felt underpinned
markets.»
Broadly, we still prefer equities over credit due to strong earnings growth, modestly cheaper valuations following last month's
swoon and
market's pricing
in expectations of Fed rate increases.
Friday's
swoon was notable for its breadth — nearly all major equity
markets were
in the red.
Investors are largely positive that the U.S. economy is gaining traction, particularly
in the jobs
market, following a brief
swoon.
I was overwhelmingly
swooned by the carrot - tahini combination
in last week's soup (kind of like when I stumble across cute, solo boys picking up veg at the farmer's
market).
I am almost
in full
swoon with the selection and abundance
in the
market these days.
I've been
in the
market for some new sunglasses, and the collection at Beleza Vintage has me
swooning — those brown round specs
in particular!
After two straight years of summer
swoons in the stock
market, «Sell
in May and Go Away» has become one of the most popular sayings on Wall Street.
We had the energy - induced
market swoon at the end of 2015 / beginning of 2016, then the Brexit
swoon in June then the Trump post-election rally.
Well, that's not exactly true as I already had over 25 %
in cash so technically I didn't need to «free up» cash
in order to make some additional investments, but I do want to keep my cash position up there
in case of a
market swoon.
Richard Nixon imposed price controls to contain inflation, while Ronald Reagan protected the
swooning steel industry from foreign competitors and the first President Bush championed
market intervention
in the name of cleaner air and accommodations for the disabled.
An investment grade rating ensures that credit risks are still pretty low, although corporate bonds won't perform as steadily as government bonds if the
market ever
swoons again like it did
in late 2008.
In a
market swoon, Baldwin prefers more fixed - income liquidity.
i'd be curious... trying to find it myself... the number of long biased / long only managers that produced postive returns
in 2001 - 2002... also looking for info on correlation levels
in prior bear
markets between stocks... if 2008 and subsequent
swoons in summer 10,11,12 had higher than normal correlations, maybe a garden variety bear dropping the
market 30 % can still have areas where managers can generate positive returns due to a lower level of correlations.
Instead, Trump's surprise, come - from - behind victory has set the stage for dramatic sell - off when North American
markets resume trading Wednesday morning, and likely
in the days and weeks to come — not unlike the big
swoon that followed the U.K.'s unexpected Brexit referendum results last spring.
In the Strategic Total Return Fund, we continue to carry an unusually defensive position, largely in Treasury bills, and with the Market Climate for precious metals still favorable on our measures, we bumped up slightly to a roughly 17 % exposure in precious metals shares on last week's swoon in that marke
In the Strategic Total Return Fund, we continue to carry an unusually defensive position, largely
in Treasury bills, and with the Market Climate for precious metals still favorable on our measures, we bumped up slightly to a roughly 17 % exposure in precious metals shares on last week's swoon in that marke
in Treasury bills, and with the
Market Climate for precious metals still favorable on our measures, we bumped up slightly to a roughly 17 % exposure in precious metals shares on last week's swoon in that m
Market Climate for precious metals still favorable on our measures, we bumped up slightly to a roughly 17 % exposure
in precious metals shares on last week's swoon in that marke
in precious metals shares on last week's
swoon in that marke
in that
marketmarket.
Driven by a cascade of selling on Chinese exchanges, political instability
in the Middle East and yet another sign of nuclear insanity from North Korea, global
markets have
swooned.
However, it was able to do this by essentially being
in cash most of the year — no companies passed the screen the last four months of 2008 just as the
market was
in full
swoon.
The
market in October
swoon up and down with Dow Jones Average (ETF: DIA) dropping almost 7 %
in short time of couple of weeks but recovered very well and then some.
(The
market has also been prone to dramatic
swoons, however, including a crash
in September that saw the price of digital currencies fall around 40 %.)
Hefty tax cuts, stepped - up government spending and robust global growth should help insulate the economy against a downturn over the next two years,
in spite of last week's stock -
market swoon.
The $ 176 billion California State Teachers» Retirement System, for example, raised its real estate allocation from 8 % to 11 %
in 2006, but the stock
market swoon has lifted it closer to 12 %.
* This post was
in collaboration with Cost Plus World
Market, however all thoughts, opinions and outright
swooning are my own!