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Market Review 2019: What a benign year for investors!
Do you still remember early January 2019, after jittery investors and media talking-heads had been frightened by the volatility spikes...
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- Jan 10, 2020
- 1 min
Q4 2019 market review
First off: Happy New Year to all the readers of my blog! I am sure that most investors will have enjoyed the equity market performance in...
Marc
- Oct 9, 2019
- 1 min
Q3 2019 market review
An almost flat Q3 2019 lies behind us, but while the starting and end point of the quarter were almost flat, there was a little bit of...
Marc
- Oct 4, 2019
- 3 min
Fear vs Rationality: Becoming a better investor (Part 2)
So you have made a firm commitment to become a better investor and to not be ruled by FOMO, greed and fear anymore (see previous post)?...
Marc
- Aug 15, 2019
- 2 min
Fear vs Rationality: The key to investor success (Part 1)
The stock market awakens a dangerous emotion in all of us: Fear. It is sitting dormant in most investors, awaiting an excuse to wake up...
Marc
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
Q2 2019 market review
Most investors will have enjoyed the performance of most markets during the second quarter of 2019. As usual, the reader is reminded that...
Marc
- Apr 11, 2019
- 1 min
Q1 2019 market review
Most of investors will have sighed a deep sigh of relief after Q1 2019 offered a very solid performance and after the Q4 2018 downward...
Marc
- Apr 9, 2019
- 4 min
Déjà Vu All Over Again
Investment fads are nothing new. When selecting strategies for their portfolios, investors are often tempted to seek out the latest and...
Marc
- Jan 27, 2019
- 1 min
2018: The year volatility struck back
2018 has been quite a year with all sorts of political drama and with a fourth quarter performance which might have rattled the resolve...
Marc
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
Ouch, what a quarter!
Are you feeling stung by the markets? Well, it turns out that - while the past quarter certainly tested the resolve and the stomach of...
Marc
- Jan 3, 2019
- 4 min
Why Should You Diversify?
As we enter the new year 2019, and with US stocks having outperformed non-US stocks in recent years albeit the most recent market tremors...
Marc
- Dec 13, 2018
- 1 min
Worried about Stock Market Volatility? Read this....
After a spike in volatility in Q1 2018, markets had been benign until the beginning of October 2018. But investors' collective nerves...
Marc
- Oct 8, 2018
- 1 min
Q3 2018 market review
Please enjoy reading our quarterly global market review by clicking the icon below. #quarterlymarketreview
Marc
- Oct 8, 2018
- 1 min
The Psychology of Investing: Investor Happiness, Perceptions and Expectations
Have you ever wondered what makes you as an investor truly happy? Do you believe it is always the mantra of "maximize portfolio gains"...
Marc
- Jul 11, 2018
- 1 min
Q2 2018 market review
The second quarter of 2018 might have rattled your confidence as an investor. Increased levels of equity volatility have entered the...
Marc
- Jul 10, 2018
- 4 min
Where has the Value Premium gone?
From 1928–2017 the value premium [1] in the US had a positive annualized return of approximately 3.5%. [2] In seven of the last 10...
Marc
- Apr 14, 2018
- 1 min
Tuning out the noise: The benefits of a disciplined investment approach
Academic research has unearthed time and again that a disciplined investment approach is the key to investor success. How do you instill...
Marc
- Apr 10, 2018
- 1 min
Q1 2018 market review
The first quarter of 2018 might have spooked you with elevated levels of equity volatility. But putting everything into a bigger picture...
Marc
- Apr 10, 2018
- 3 min
Sailing with the Tides
Embarking on a financial plan is like sailing around the world. The voyage won’t always go to plan, and there’ll be rough seas. But the...
Marc
- Apr 3, 2018
- 2 min
The impact of a US-China trade war on your portfolio
Unless you have been living under a rock recently, you are certainly more than aware of the current trade tariffs being implemented by...