Why Medical Innovation May Outperform Broader Markets in the Years Ahead Here’s the uncomfortable reality facing investors today: the age of simply buying index funds and riding the market higher may be coming to an end. With the national debt spiraling past $37 trillion and interest payments consuming larger portions of the federal budget each […]
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Why “National Debt Crisis” Is Hard to Spot Until It’s Too Late If you’ve ever felt like the national debt is either a ticking time bomb or… basically irrelevant, depending on which headline you read that day, you’re not alone. The frustrating part is that both vibes can sound reasonable in the moment. A big
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he Role of Leverage in Stock Market Tops: A Historical and Comparative Analysis Introduction Leverage is the financial fuel that can propel markets to unprecedented highs—but it can also lead to volatility and market corrections. Right now, we are seeing a surge in leveraged funds, with retail investors piling in despite Wall Street’s growing concerns
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Introduction Now that we have completed our series on the National Debt, I wanted to move on to less heavy topics. So this is the first post in the new series that analyzes various sectors and industries in the stock market. Executive Summary The technology sector continues to be one of the largest and most
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If you read the 2022 In Review series on this blog, you got a feel for how we managed to outperform the stock market in 2022. Much of that strategy will apply to 2023, but I wanted to give you a broadened look at the Macroeconomic issues I believe we are facing and some of
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This is the final entry in our 2022 In Review series. It relates directly to the earlier posts in this series, so I recommend you do a quick review of it before reading this Part 4. Successfully Managing Investments in 2022 As 2021 was winding down, in the last few months we became increasingly concerned
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Recap In the first two installments of 2022 In Review we looked at how our model portfolio performed compared to the stock market (favorably) and why investments in index funds or funds and investment managers that mirror index funds too closely will likely underperform in coming years. If you haven’t read them, you might want
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RECAP In the first post of this series, I discussed the stock and bond markets’ performance for the year and compared that to our Model Portfolios upon which client portfolios are managed. Today, I want to talk a bit about why 2022 was a stock pickers market and why I believe that 2023 and beyond
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THE MARKETS We all lived through 2022 and it was an ugly year in the markets. Both stock and bond indexes were down in double digits and most of the investment world suffered severe losses for their clients. Here at BankChampaign, our clients faired much better than the markets overall, but we will discuss more
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