The first half of 2022 has been a historically bad stretch for markets, and the carnage hasn’t been limited to stocks. As stocks and bonds have sold off in tandem, investors who for years have relied on the 60-40 portfolio – named because it involves holding 60% of one’s assets in stocks, and the remaining…
Hi! In this week’s ETF Wrap, you’ll get a look at where the money has flowed in the first half of 2022 and which areas are being fled by investors. For example, high-yield bond ETFs may wind up with their biggest outflows on record for the first six months of a year, according to Matthew…
Blink and you missed a post-Federal Reserve bounce, as stock futures signal a reboot for Wall Street selling on Thursday. “Whatever reaction we see today is likely to be a one-day thing (just like last FOMC). The Fed has no idea where inflation is going, and neither do we. The economic data is what matters,…
It seems like barely a week goes by these days without another headline advertising staggering losses at another billion-dollar hedge fund. While retail investors can enjoy a dose of schadenfreude at the expense of the “2-and-20” crowd – a reference to the industry’s lofty management fees, since the industry standard is 2% of assets under…
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