GYC Insights

Articles on real-life financial issues written to educate and enlighten.

Making Sense of Interest Rates

Many investors worry that the present market environment of rising interest rates will decrease equity valuations and therefore lead to relatively poor equity market performance over the next year or more. From a theoretical perspective, how do these rate hikes affect the market?

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The Time is Now

At the time of writing, we’re looking at a sell-off of-22.8% in global equity markets; if you are invested in the right asset classes, with proper risk and portfolio management, the forward returns could be tremendous.

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So Far, 2022 Has Been Off The Charts

It would be hard not to take notice of the stock markets this year. The last time both stocks and bonds suffered double-digit losses was 1973. Granted, it was a different time back then, but what can we expect going forwards?

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Your Average Return

An old joke goes - a statistician is a person who lays with his head in an oven and his feet in a freezer happily proclaiming “On average, I feel comfortable.”

Taking that example into the investment world, averages seldom reflect actual investor experience.

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The Art of Zen Thinking

Whether it is tomorrow or 5 years from now, if you are investing in a way that enables you to capture all available market returns without having to make forecasts, then the threat of a looming recession or job losses or wage decreases or a whole bevy of other worries should not sidetrack you.

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Needle in a Haystack

Research shows us that the most common outcomes when it comes to investing are either losing everything or multiplying your capital by 9 times. How can we make sure to end up with the latter outcome?

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Speaking of Recessions

When people think about impending recessions and its effects on the markets, the response is rarely a positive one. But can data provide a case for the silver lining of recessions?

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Bear Market Rally or New Bull?

Markets are a funny animal and has notably risen 10% since our last few articles about bear markets and recession worries. Given what is going on around the world now investment strategists are calling this current market condition a “bear market rally”. So which is it? Bull or Bear?

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What Should I Be Doing in These Uncertain Markets?

The lure of successful trading strategies is seductive, and looking at your portfolio shrink in value during a market downturn can be painful. But many times investors seeking to circumvent the pain or trying to get a leg up in their investments by temporarily shifting away from their long-term strategy will end up trading one source of anguish for another.

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