How my parents’ Fed conquered inflation. Selling your business is hard. Strong leaders show their vulnerability.
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We’re living better than our parents. Now we know how investors felt during the 1930’s & 1970’s. Humans aren’t the only ones who hate inflation.
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It’s officially a bear market; what now? A tax-loss harvesting review. Are we going back to 1970’s inflation?
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An inflation roadmap. Developing high potential employees. Maybe we confuse certainty with complacency.
[Read more…] about 3 interesting things I saw this week – May 27, 2022What can history tell us about current market worries?
With the market struggles over the past few months and world events over the past few days, there have been no lack of reasons for investors to be concerned. Here is a quick list in no particular order.
- Inflation – At 7.5%, inflation is at levels not seen since the early ’80’s.
- Consumer confidence – Because of high inflation, consumers are less confident about their financial well-being than they were at the start of the pandemic in 2020.
- Rising interest rates – To try and get inflation back under control, beginning in March, the Fed is expected to incrementally raise interest rates anywhere between 1% – 1.75% through the end of the year.
- Investor confidence – The AAII index of investor sentiment shows investors haven’t been this bearish since the start of the pandemic when the market dropped over 30% in a month.
- Geopolitical instability – Last but certainly not least, Russia has
threatenedlaunched an invasion of Ukraine.
(Notice Covid-19 is not on the list. The market has already concluded that this risk is behind us.)
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College costs. When taking inflation into account, the minimum wage in 2015 was the same as in 1949. The global glut of money comes to college football.
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Baby boomers don’t do anything small, including retirement. Market sentiment is getting very bullish. More shots fired in the inflation debate.
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Inflation. Inflation. Inflation
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