Content provided by Rusty Vanneman, CFA, CMT, Chief Investment Officer Question: Ten years have passed since the onset of the financial crisis. What about the past decade has changed your thinking about the economy, financial markets, or investing? While I honestly think most of my investment philosophy and approach remains essentially the same, there are degrees of emphasis that have… Continue reading 10 Years Later: Lessons Learned from the Global Financial Crisis
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Market-ology: Filling out Brackets and Navigating Financial Markets
Content provided by Mark Matthews, Investment Research Analyst “Your biggest opponent isn’t the other guy. It’s human nature.” — Bobby Knight, retired basketball coach. For basketball fans around the country, St. Patrick’s Day marked the start of March Madness — and it has certainly been a wild one. A 16-seed beat a 1-seed for the… Continue reading Market-ology: Filling out Brackets and Navigating Financial Markets
Three Reasons Not to Get the Jitters about Market Volatility
Content provided by Joe Smith, CFA, Senior Market Strategist The first quarter of 2018 has so far seen a bout of market volatility that in some ways is long overdue. At the end of January, markets began to move — falling from slightly positive to near-correction territory by early February. Although much of the sell-off… Continue reading Three Reasons Not to Get the Jitters about Market Volatility
A Perfectly Natural, Normal Thing
Content provided by Kostya Etus, CFA, Portfolio Manager To quote someone that I’ve learned quite a bit from, you and I are a perfectly natural, normal thing. Perfectly natural. — Jim Levenstein, American Wedding (2003) We knew the historically low levels of volatility couldn’t last forever. It wasn’t normal and bound to end. We experienced… Continue reading A Perfectly Natural, Normal Thing
2017 Markets in Review: Cryptoassets, Market Highs, and Value vs Growth
Content provided by Mark Matthews, Investment Research Analyst While short on market volatility, 2017 suffered no shortage of excitement. Major U.S. indices went on a tear with both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) setting all-time record highs. However, the biggest theme of 2017 was the breakout year in cryptoassets. Cryptoassets took… Continue reading 2017 Markets in Review: Cryptoassets, Market Highs, and Value vs Growth
Three Surprising Facts About Risk Budgeting
Content provided by Case Eichenberger, CIMA, Client Portfolio Manager Risk management through Risk Budgeting is at the heart of what we do at CLS. We discuss it often in our commentary to remind investors of our philosophy and of risk in general. A recent study by Factset shows fewer than half of high-net-worth investors fully… Continue reading Three Surprising Facts About Risk Budgeting
Bitcoin Bubble About to Burst? Not So Fast!
Content provided by Michael Hadden, Junior Research Analyst For every social media darling claiming to have struck it rich with Bitcoin, there’s a prominent investor calling it a fraud or bubble, see here and/or here. You’d probably want to trust Warren Buffett over @MrMoneyBags on Twitter, right? As the College Football Analyst, Lee Corso, likes… Continue reading Bitcoin Bubble About to Burst? Not So Fast!
Keeping Up With Millennials
Content provided by Kostya Etus, CFA, Portfolio Manager Financial advisors and investment managers are trying to crack the code on what millennial investors are looking for and how to help them save for retirement. Here are a few insights from a millennial point of view on dealing with this evolutionary generation. Keeping Up With Technological… Continue reading Keeping Up With Millennials
Our Latest Thinking on Regional Positioning in Portfolios
Content provided by Paula Wieck, CFA, Portfolio Manager At CLS, we are constantly reviewing all asset classes for changes in the market environment. We monitor relative valuations, technical and behavioral indicators (such as moving averages and investor sentiment), quality fundamentals, macroeconomic data, and quantitative data such as various risk metrics, costs, and so forth. Although… Continue reading Our Latest Thinking on Regional Positioning in Portfolios
CLS Investments: Q&A with Edward Rosenberg, American Century – Part 2
Joseph Smith, CFA, CLS Senior Market Strategist and Edward Rosenberg, Senior Vice President and Head of ETF American Century Investments continue to discuss the world of ETFs. Smith asks Rosenberg about the “race to zero” and if the price of ETFs really matters.