Investors crave certainty. They want to know that there are definitive signals for them to follow as they adjust their investments to fit the current market and economy. They want to know that A leads to B leads to C. Tea leaf readers are always in high demand on Wall Street and they continue to find employment despite their almost [...]
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun discusses whether the economy is in early or late cycle, what last week’s employment numbers really mean, and two concerning economic indicators.
The employment report released last Friday was better than expected but the response by bulls and bears alike was exactly as expected. Both found things in the report to support their preconceived notions about the state of the economy. I do think the bulls had the better case on this particular report but there have been plenty of others recently [...]
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun discusses the need for a broader perspective on the market to get a better sense of what's really going on.
Perspective: per·spec·tive | \ pər-ˈspek-tiv b: the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance Merriam-Webster Perspective is something that comes with age I think. Certainly, as I've gotten older, my perspective on things has changed considerably. As we age, we tend to see things from a longer-term view. Things that seemed so important at the time, years ago, turned out [...]
Late last year I wrote a weekly update that focused on the speculative nature of the markets. In that article, I focused on the S&P 500 because I wanted to make a point, namely that owning the S&P 500 did not absolve investment advisers of their fiduciary duty. If you intentionally make the S&P 500 - or any other index [...]
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun gives his Mid-Year 2022 update on the financial markets; what's happened, surprises, and anomalies.
Note: This update is longer than usual but I felt a comprehensive review was necessary. The Federal Reserve panicked last week and spooked investors into the worst week for stocks since the onset of COVID in March 2020. The S&P 500 is now firmly in bear market territory but that is a fraction of the pain in stocks and other [...]
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun looks at whether investors have reached maximum pessimism and if now is the time to go heavier into the market.
Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun talks about the uncertainty in the market and whether this is a time to embrace risk or opportunity.
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