Outlooks & Reviews
A collection of 5 posts
2022: A Most Challenging Year
I’m not going to try to sugar-coat it, 2022 was an extremely challenging year for investors—particularly conservative investors. Don’t get me wrong, aggressive investors and speculators (those “investing” in crypto, for example) took it on the chin, too. But that comes with the territory. So, let’s
2022 Month-By-Month: Market, Service and Technology Woes
Well, 2022 was not an easy year for investors. Stocks entered bear market territory. The bond market had its worst year in at least four decades as inflation reached upwards of 9% and Federal Reserve governors tightened policy more aggressively than they have in decades. Oh, and war broke out
Just Keep Going
We enter the new year firmly in the grips of a bear market. I’m also officially on recession watch for 2023. And yet, I’m more optimistic about the prospects for stocks and bonds than I was 12 months ago. Yes, you read that correctly. The short story behind
Taking Stock As We Set Off
If there were any doubts, they were squashed in September—investment markets are firmly in the bear’s grip. Not only are U.S. stocks roughly 25% lower than they were at the start of the year, but bonds are having their worst run in at least four decades.