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March Investment Financial Newsletter
March Investment Financial Newsletter A lot has happened since we published last month’s February Investment Newsletter. At that time, the S&P 500 was making new record highs and economic data was solid. There were very few signs of trouble. Fast forward three short weeks, and the landscape has changed dramatically. The Coronavirus, which started quietly…
Dust Off Those Circuit Breakers
Dust Off Those Circuit Breakers On October 19, 1987 the stock market crashed, with the S&P 500 falling more than 20% in one day. The move was so swift and so unexpected that stock exchanges weren’t equipped with a game plan for how to handle such volatility. The solution? Circuit breakers. Let’s see how…
Emergency Rate Cut By The Federal Reserve
Emergency Rate Cut By The Federal Reserve On Tuesday, March 3, the Federal Reserve announced a surprise rate cut of 0.50%. This was the seventh time in the last 20 years that the Federal Reserve cut rates between its normally scheduled meetings. Let’s look at the impact and implications. First, it’s important to point out…
Stay Alert! Things Change. Like Better Interest Rates[Video]
Did you know that interest rates have actually been trending higher? Which means the money you have been saving in your savings account can also be earning more. I want to show you what this looks like and if you don’t pay attention to things like this, what can happen. Let’s just look at the…
Update On Coronavirus
We’ve spoken a couple of times about the Coronavirus since it first appeared on the scene in mid-January [Markets Survive Yet Another Scare & Coronavirus Impact On The Market]. Up until the past week, the issue was largely contained to China. And China has reputation for providing low-quality (i.e. untrustworthy) data about their economy and…
Corporate Bonds: More Risk, Less Reward?
Two charts came across my desk recently that shed light on what I like to call “creeping risk” in the market. This happens when the character of an investment changes slowly over time without anyone really noticing the change. The first chart that caught my attention was a long-term historical chart of investment-grade corporate bond…
