Market Volatility

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Markets Have Rewarded Discipline

James Michael Yaworski
James Michael Yaworski, CFA
Investment Research & Trading Specialist
Published March 8, 2018

Opportunities are everywhere, if you know where to look. Our investment team is constantly looking for opportunities in your portfolio, both to add value and to reduce risk. The strong market rally in 2017 presented us with numerous opportunities to "tend the garden" of our clients' portfolios and make adjustments where need be. The most significant opportunity that has emerged over the past year is the growth in our clients' stock positions, which has shifted the mix of stocks and bonds ... [Continue Reading]

Gambling on Stable Markets

Posted on February 7, 2018
 

Starting on Friday, February 2, and continuing on the following Monday, global equity markets sustained their largest correction in more than two years. While small in historical context, this correction was a rude awakening for many investors who had grown comfortable with the unusual stability in the stock market throughout 2017. Some investors did more than just grow comfortable, they started betting on this stability to continue, in the form of shorting volatility. These bets, which ... [Continue Reading]

Stock Market Decline 2.5.18: Context Matters

Posted on February 6, 2018
 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest decline in history on Monday, February 5--dropping 1,175 points! The headlines practically wrote themselves and were too exciting not to print. This was the largest single day decline in history, as long as we’re measuring in points and not percentages. By that measurement, Monday's drop wasn’t even the biggest decline in this decade. In addition, the 4.6% slide wasn’t significant enough to register within the top 20 daily declines and, of course, ... [Continue Reading]

Investment Insight – Play-Doh, Palm-Reading, and Predictions: How Clear is the Future in the Markets?

Adam Hoffmann
Adam Hoffmann, CFP®, AIF®
Director of Investments & Research
Published January 16, 2018

Over the holidays, I sat at our kitchen table after breakfast, drinking coffee and reading the paper while my five-year-old rolled, sculpted, and ultimately smashed flat the hot pink Play-Doh that Santa so generously left in her stocking Christmas morning. As her wonderfully messy creative expression came out through this oh-so familiar medium, I commented to her that it would be easy to read her palm with all the lines and creases of her hands so brightly illuminated. Not surprisingly, her ... [Continue Reading]

Investment Insight: Sticking with Your Investment Approach in the Tough Times

Adam Hoffmann
Adam Hoffmann, CFP®, AIF®
Director of Investments & Research
Published November 2, 2017

During our recent client event presentation at the Minnesota History Center, we discussed the importance of asking good questions. In a world in which most of us carry around small computers in our pockets that are capable of tapping into a seemingly infinite pool of data and information that is the internet, the value of the answers we find corresponds directly with the quality of the questions we ask. When exploring answers for many commonly asked financial questions, the risk that one faces ... [Continue Reading]

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