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Observations to Start 2023

The Big Picture

What does this rock traversing through the vast emptiness of space have to do with economic expansion, corporate revenues & profits, inflation, or interest rates? But here is the unexpected thing about those predictions: Even if your forecast of future events is correct, the odds are against you capturing it in your portfolio.

Economy 328
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At the Money: Forecasting Recessions

The Big Picture

As it turns out, there are ways investors can tell if an economic contraction is really coming. To help us unpack all of this and what it means for your portfolio, let’s bring in Claudia Sahm. Claudia Sahm : A recession is a broad-based contraction in economic activity. Claudia Sahm : Happy to be here.

Economy 298
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Four Hard Investing Lessons From 2022 With Silver Linings

Validea

Coming into 2022, the 60/40 stock/bond portfolio had been a stalwart strategy for your balanced investor. Even with bear markets like 2000-2002 and 2008-2009, the portfolio had strong returns for a very long period. at the start of the year) things are looking brighter for this simple portfolio.

Investing 128
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5 Best Investment Hedges Against Inflation

Good Financial Cents

The combination of rising inflation and interest rates is putting a serious squeeze on investment portfolios and household budgets across the nation. But we’re here to offer some help with what we believe to be the five best investment hedges against inflation to help protect your portfolio. High fees for physical metal. Ads by Money.

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Transcript: Michael Rockefeller

The Big Picture

There are about 13 different portfolio managers each focused on a different sub-sector. I got an internship at a investment fund in Baltimore, and this was 2002 at the time. And to the credit of the portfolio manager that I was working with Josh Fisher, we were actually up that year. And they are not the typical hedge fund.

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Transcript: Jonathan Clements

The Big Picture

You would offer three of their stock picks where they were probably touting stocks they wanted to unload from their portfolio. 00:12:41 [Speaker Changed] If nothing in your portfolio is performing badly, you’re not diversified. I did it in 2000, 2002. And the managers you selected were all based on past performance.

Investing 147
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Top 15 Strongest Currencies in the World in 2023

Trade Brains

By March 2002, it had completely replaced the former currencies. This can be due to a variety of factors, such as interest rates, economic growth, inflation, and more. This makes it the most widely used ‘official currency’ in the world. Therefore, the ranking of currencies can vary over time depending on these fluctuations.

Banking 104