NovaPoint: Pain At The Pump
If higher prices persist until Memorial Day, it could put a crimp on the travel plans of many Americans looking forward to a post-COVID summer break.
If higher prices persist until Memorial Day, it could put a crimp on the travel plans of many Americans looking forward to a post-COVID summer break.
Proceed with caution. Despite fading seasonal effects, interest rates are likely to drive near-term performance.
Using an index that has fallen by more than 50% twice in the last 20 years as a benchmark is ludicrous. Would you really go all in on that approach?
Advisors and their clients potentially have the hardest job of all. Our advice is to stay the course. Review your goals. Adjust as necessary.
What will the future bring? Forecasting anything is difficult but we will note several items we believe they are all important to note.
Do you know the degree of stress the fixed income in your client portfolios are facing . . . or what you are supposed to do next?
Traditional economists, who start with the premise that investors are rational beings, find momentum particularly troubling. But it often works.