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Trends in Advisor Behavior During Market Volatility - Week of June 8, 2020
Cash increased marginally from 5.11% to 5.25% last week. Cash is sustaining at roughly two times the average since early April. Advisors remained risk averse again this week favoring less risky assets, which is a continuation of long-term investing behavior.
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Two bits of good news. And, what are two bits, anyway?
The economic headlines of late have been driven by – and understandably so – BIG pieces of news, both bad and good.
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Trends in Advisor Behavior During Market Volatility - Week of June 1, 2020
Last week was a marked change for advisors with investment activity shifting back to fixed income categories.
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What small caps might be telling us about the economy and the market
For a big country, we sure have an affinity for little things. Think TV shows: “Tiny House Nation”; sayings: “Big things come in small packages”; and children’s books: “The Little Engine That Could” as being among the more obvious examples of our love of things little or small. It is a love of small things which brings us to the focus of this week’s Weekly Wire, US small cap stocks, and what the asset class might be telling us about the US economy and the US stock market as we approach the second half of 2020.
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Trends in Advisor Behavior During Market Volatility - Week of May 26, 2020
Last week was one of the "slowest" weeks of the year in terms of investment activity.
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What history will COVID-19 write?
The COVID-19 pandemic has made history in more ways than one, including catalyzing an economic downturn that cost the US more than 20 million jobs and a policy response that saw the Federal Government pass the $2.1 trillion CARES Act, the largest ever US economic rescue package. That said, we don’t think COVID-19 is finished filling up our history books. We think the long-term consequences of the virus could prove much more meaningful than what we have seen to date.
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Trends in Advisor Behavior During Market Volatility - Week of May 18, 2020
Last week was a return to "normal" for advisor activities. Trading volume was close to the average seen in 2019. Advisors were neutral on risk - more risky and less risky investments were both near net zero in flows.
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The market as a leading indicator…for the market
We frequently write about the stock market as a leading indicator of the real economy. The idea being
the market will anticipate the economic environment to come, rallying in the face of awful economic news and selling off in the face of constructive economic news.