Weekly Financial Market Updates
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…
Credit Card Usage Is Up
Credit cards have been a way of life in America for the last 40 years. You can’t watch a sporting event these days without hearing a “What’s in your wallet?” commercial from Capital One! During the Great Recession of 2008-2009 many Americans fell out of love with credit cards. Not only are they expensive, but…
Markets Survive Yet Another Scare
Barely a month after the markets sold off due to the #WWIII scare between the U.S. and Iran, markets faced another test with the spread of the coronavirus. How did it fare this time around? It’s hard to believe the month of January is over! But here we are in February and the market has been…
Coronavirus Impact On The Markets
Coronavirus Impact On The Markets News out of China of a new contagion – the coronavirus – has spooked stock markets across the globe. Investors are clearly concerned that the global economy could experience an unexpected slowdown due to the virus’s spread. First, we need to realize that the human cost of the virus far…
Mega-Caps Big Stocks Are Driving The Market
Big Stocks Are Driving The Market In August 2018 Apple became the first company in America to be valued at more than $1 trillion. Since then, both Microsoft and Google have joined the ranks of trillion-dollar companies, with Amazon knocking at the door. The rise of the “mega-caps” – as they’re referred to (a…
