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10 Monday AM Reads

The Big Picture

The S&P 500 topped out in early October 2007 and bottomed in March 2009. On a price-only basis, the index didn’t reach those 2007 highs again until March 2013: ( Wealth of Common Sense ). • Economic Innovation Group ). • Let’s look at the 2008 scenario as an example. Is Private Credit a Bubble, or Just a Little Frothy?

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How Many Bear Markets Have You Lived Through?

The Big Picture

The first bear I experienced was utterly meaningless economically but still felt bad. My economic future was uncertain, but I felt confident I could make a go of it. From a purely economic perspective, these first few crashes were meaningless. I had zero dollars in the market and was deep in student loan debt.

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A Few Thoughts On Diversification Strategies

Fortune Financial

It has been my experience when reviewing portfolios that diversification is typically expressed simply as a number of various stocks owned, or owning a handful of asset classes, usually stocks of various sizes and geographies, and bonds of varying maturities.

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At the Money: Austan Goolsbee, Chicago Fed President on Tariffs, Inflation and Monetary Policy

The Big Picture

How should investors view the relationship between trade policy and inflation in the current economic environment? Gwinn Professor of Economics Masters in Business (coming soon) ~~~ Find all of the previous At the Money episodes here , and in the MiB feed on Apple Podcasts , YouTube , Spotify , and Bloomberg. What was it about?

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Market Drama

Zoe Financial

Economic Updates: October Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in at 2.6%. It’s important to consider not just debt but also assets and discretionary income when evaluating the overall financial health of consumers. Overall, consumer balance sheets are in strong shape , especially when compared to the Great Recession (2006-2007).

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Market Extra: Government bonds held at banks may be so-called ‘toxic asset’ of next financial crisis, fund manager says

MarketWatch

banks, one in which government bonds would be the “toxic asset” at the center of it all.That’s one of two scenarios being entertained by European global investment manager Eric Sturdza Investments, which managed $1.3 billion across eight funds as of January. The fund manager couldn’t immediately be reached for further comment.“It

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

The Big Picture

They run over $800 billion in client assets, and Kristen’s group, the North American Group, is responsible for about half of the revenue that that massive organization generates. And so, coming out of school, I studied Economics and Spanish Literature, and I applied to a — a program that actually targeted Liberal Arts majors.

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