With a total U.S. inflation rate of 14% in the past two years, we review how various inflation hedges performed over the past twenty-four months.
Topics covered include:What were investors' and the Federal Reserve's inflation expectations two years agoWhat led to the big inflation increaseWhy was the Federal Reserve forced to raise its policy rate by almost ... Show More
Jun 10
Will You Be Forced to Own SpaceX and Other AI Stocks?
SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are all going public. Why now? And what will their weight be in index funds? What other U.S. ETF options are there if you don't want to have such a high concentration in stocks tied to AI. And finally, if you do buy SpaceX, what would need to happen ... Show More
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Feb 2022
Can Small-Cap Stocks Help You Beat Inflation?
The small-cap Russell 2000 Index posted an impressive 14.8% gain during 2021, but nearly all of it came in the first quarter. And weakness over the ensuing nine months carried into the first month of 2022, when the index shed 9.7%. Francis Gannon, co-chief investment officer of R ... Show More
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