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Mr. Market strikes back!
Ouch, what a quarter! Mr. Market really dished out a painful kick to the teeth of investors in Q2 2022. Investors’ resolve might have...
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Marc
- Apr 12
- 1 min
Q1 2022 market review
Evidence -based, low-cost index investing, disciplined investing, market review
Marc
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Another very strong quarter – Q2 2021 market review
Almost all asset classes globally continued their upward trend in the past quarter, with soybeans as a niche commodity being the only...
Marc
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
The equity run-up continues – Q1 2021 market review
Equities continued their meteoric rise in Q1 2021, while medium-term and long-term bonds had losses in Q1 2021 (short-duration bonds eked...
Marc
- Jun 10, 2021
- 3 min
Long-term benefits of Stock Investing: Why you need to have equities in your portfolio
There is no denying: stock markets are indeed volatile, and your daily newsfeed about what equity markets were up to over the past 24...
Marc
- Jul 9, 2020
- 1 min
What a fantastic quarter – Q2 2020 market review
What a fantastic meteoric upward trajectory in equity markets lies behind us in Q2 2020! You, as a reader of this blog, certainly are a...
Marc
- Jun 8, 2020
- 3 min
How to deal with uncertainty
How to deal with uncertainty in investing.
Marc
- May 29, 2020
- 5 min
Are you puzzled by the divergence between buoyant stocks and the current sinking economy?
Don’t you find it puzzling when one bleak economic report after the other emerges in the press on a nearly constant basis, only to be...
Marc
- Mar 21, 2020
- 6 min
How your portfolio will survive the Covid-19 equity market crash
How evidence-based, low-cost index fund investing will see your portfolio through the Covid-19 market crisis. What you should do now.
Marc
- Mar 19, 2020
- 3 min
Panic: What should you do during the current Coronavirus panic?
Market meltdown and investor behavior. Evidence-based, low-cost index fund investing. Avoidance of emotional biases.
Marc
- Feb 16, 2020
- 3 min
Market Review for the Past Decade (Part 2)
Decade review covering 2010-2019