Equity market returns are tightly tied to the economy. After all, companies largely represent the economy by means of providing jobs, producing goods for consumers and government, and buying the goods of other companies. If one has a good sense of how the economy will do, she can often accurately forecast the future returns of
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Dylan B. Minor PhD, MSBA, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and CIO This quarter I have had some client questions about the “shape of the recovery.” That is, many are wondering what the economic recovery will ultimately look like, and by corollary what stock markets might look like. To begin such a discussion, it is
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Dylan B. Minor PhD, MSBA, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and CIO These are forceful and huge steps. The Fed is doing whatever it takes. Mark Sobel, former U.S. Treasury official In this note, I provide an update on financial markets and the economy, an overview of some of the important features of the new
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Dylan B. Minor PhD, MSBA, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and CIO This past Thursday (March 12th) marked the end of the longest bull market, at least by some measures. Stock markets fell 25-30% from previous peaks in February. Interestingly, many of the best returns of the stock market occur after the worst ones. Indeed,
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Dylan B. Minor PhD, MSBA, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and CIO Forget not your past, for in the future it may help you grow. J M Barrie As they say, hindsight is 20/20. So it is that a look to the past two decades can prove helpful, as we are already 20 years into
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