The market shrugs off a wall of worries
April 11, 2011
The market shrugs off a wall of worries “The market is climbing a wall of worries” and the first quarter of 2011 is the ultimate
Every three months, the partners and portfolio managers collaborate on a summary of the state of the economic world as it pertains to your portfolio and our approach. Below, you will find links to our archives.
The market shrugs off a wall of worries “The market is climbing a wall of worries” and the first quarter of 2011 is the ultimate
As expected, 2010 turned out to be a fairly good year, considering that 2009 was a great one. The US market advanced 15% (in US dollar terms) and the
What a difference a quarter can make! We are now back to the same stock market levels we started with before the spring correction we alluded to in
It seems to us that markets have started their correction and will probably stay quite choppy until the fall. After an 87% increase from the bottom in March of
Markets have started with a choppy uptrend and ended the quarter up 5%, despite a sharp correction in January. Our outlook has not changed. We still expect
2009 has been a good year for most investors, except for those who panicked and sold out of the markets in March and took refuge in
Stock markets around the world continue to climb the proverbial “wall of worry”, reaching 10,000 for the popular Dow Jones Industrial Index. A plethora of
Warren Buffett once famously said that, for most investors, the best investment strategy is to own an S&P 500 index fund. But what did he
Remember when General Electric was the largest public company by market capitalization in the United States? Its downfall–caused by poor management, the 2008 financial crisis
Planning for the future is one of the most thoughtful things you can do for your loved ones. When it comes to your Tax-Free Savings
Investing in real estate used to be only possible for super-wealthy investors or institutions. That is, until Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs, were created.