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We see 2022 heralding a new market regime by delivering global stock gains and bond losses for a second year in a row - a first in about half a century. Stocks rallied back to near record levels and yields rose last week as worries of Omicron dissipated. China’s central bank lo...

We may not know what the newest COVID variant holds, but it may not actually matter. The economy is already questionable and has been more and more for quite some time already. In other words, the issue at hand isn’t necessarily omicron nor really a “growth scare”...

The S&P 500 was down 2.2% last week, which, in normal times, would be barely worth a mention. But in today’s speculative market, that qualifies as a correction. The first two quarters of this year were a big rebound, but last quarter was a bummer with the emergence of the D...

To date, 2021 has been as almost good as it gets for equity investors. Any slowdown in growth has yet to feed into consensus earnings forecasts which have continued to increase over the summer. Investors have few high-yielding alternatives for as long as real and nominal bond yiel...

The chief problem facing most of the world's developed economies today is the level of outstanding debt, both private and public. Demographics remain one of the most powerful drivers of long-term economic growth. Sustained inflation requires a permanent increase in demand relative...

While small caps and value stocks have benefitted from a changing paradigm in the U.S., developed market small-cap value stocks have not been left behind either. While the magnitude of outperformance has certainly been more pronounced in the U.S., developed small-cap value has doubled...

Global business cycles are closely interconnected. Global business cycles are closely synchronized. Global equity markets respond accordingly. For further details see: Investing In Foreign Markets Sounds Exciting - But Isn't Always

By Ansh Chaudhary The ETF Deathwatch decreased in size in May. Sixteen exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 32 funds were removed. Twenty-one of those funds were removed due to increased health and 11 were due to asset managers closing their funds. That so many fun...

By Ansh Chaudhary The ETF Deathwatch decreased in size in March. Sixteen exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 54 funds were removed. Thirty-three of those funds were removed due to increased health and 21 were due to asset managers closing their funds. The low numb...