FEATURING THE HOST OF WE TALK MONEY PODCAST, CHRIS DUNN @ChrisDunnTV When you ask someone the main reason why they invest, they are likely to respond with: “to grow my money, and beat inflation”. Over the past decade, inflation has been rather muted. Investors in equities have been handsomely rewarded with low interest rates, low inflation and … Continued
FEATURING THE FOUNDER OF LYN ALDEN INVESTMENT STRATEGY, LYN ALDEN @LynAldenContact One of my favorite ways to use YCharts is to keep track of various interest rates compared to various measures of inflation on one convenient chart. Historically, interest rates and inflation have often moved together, but things have been very different in 2021. We can … Continued
The chart below shows that through the end of Q3 2021, the S&P 500 (^SPXTR) was up 15.9% including dividends, the Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR) fell 1.6%, and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate (^BBGATR) dropped about 4.1%. Mostly moving in tandem, US bonds diverged from their global counterpart in early Q3, refusing to go lower … Continued
Even though the S&P 500’s year-to-date max drawdown is just 5.2%, there’s never a shortage of questions on the minds of investors. And with concern over a further market pullback growing, many advisors and their clients are wondering what’s in store for their portfolios. Is the sky falling? Or just another bump in the bull … Continued
Each month, we sit down with Charlie Bilello, Founder and CEO of Compound Capital Advisors, to discuss the most important and current market trends for advisors and their clients. Illustrated through visuals that Charlie creates using YCharts, these trends and topics provide fascinating insights and also make for excellent talking points in your own client … Continued
Welcome back to the Monthly Market Wrap from YCharts, where we break down the most important market trends for advisors and their clients every month. As always, feel free to download and share any visuals with clients and colleagues, or on social media. Want the Monthly Market Wrap sent straight to your inbox? Subscribe below: … Continued
Back in December, we teamed up with Josh Brown, CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, to bring you Hindsight on 2020: Charts of the Year. Together, along with insights and perspectives from top advisors, investors, and #FinTwit leaders, we recapped the most noteworthy market trends of 2020—and why they happened—all in one memorable webinar. With 2020 … Continued
We’re excited to announce Dynamic Model Portfolios as the latest addition to the YCharts platform. This game-changing enhancement to YCharts Model Portfolios, one of our most powerful tools, enables improved analysis and provides even more ways to communicate your strengths as an investment advisor. With new Dynamic Model Portfolios, you’re able to present and discuss … Continued
FEATURING: JAY COULTER @danielcrosby‘s ‘The Behavioral Investor’ & was reminded of @MebFaber‘s work on 10 Month SMAs. Think of all the headaches most have been through this year yet a simple 200-day or 10 month SMA risk management rule could have saved your portfolio and lowered your stress! pic.twitter.com/a9D3hvdGJX — Jay Coulter | Resilient Advisor™ … Continued
FEATURING: NATE GERACI Completely cherry-picked date, but broad emerging markets have delivered a NEGATIVE TOTAL RETURN since just prior to Global Financial Crisis (Oct 2007)… pic.twitter.com/VBqm6AMBYj — Nate Geraci (@NateGeraci) May 13, 2020 Click to view in YCharts Q: Tell us about yourself and the ETF Store. What is your approach to financial planning and … Continued