The Rear View and the Front View The first half of 2023 is squarely in the books. On a price basis, year-to-date results have varied considerably across capital markets. In the U.S., for example, the S&P 500 was up 16% in H1, the Dow was up 4% in H1, and the NASDAQ Composite was up …
The Rear View and the Front View The first quarter of 2023 can be summarized in one word: VOLATILITY. Enthusiasm about China’s post-COVID re-opening, together with largely defensive investor positioning entering the new year, drove a strong January for equity markets. February brought a spate of hotter-than-expected inflation and employment data, stoking renewed fears of …
2022 Q4 Newsletter The Rear View and The Front View Happy new year, and good riddance to 2022! Yes, the past year saw the “everything bubble” finally burst. In the decade-plus prior to 2022, the combination of ultra-low manipulated rates by central banks and massive deficit spending by governments drove bubbles in multiple asset classes …
2022 Q3 Newsletter The Rear View and the Front View After an abysmal first half of 2022, both bonds and stock suffered further in Q3. In Q3, Canadian and U.S. investment-grade bond markets posted returns of -0.4% and -5.3%, respectively, while Canadian and U.S. stock markets posted returns of -2.2% and -5.3%, respectively. The table …
2022 Q2 Newsletter The Rear View and the Front View Turn out the lights, the party’s over. At least for now. After a pretty lousy first quarter, bond and stock markets fared poorly again in Q2. The table below shows performance for various asset classes in the first half of 2022: We recently read that …
