2022 was a tumultuous year for investors, to say the least. Markets around the world were affected by high inflation, rising interest rates, and concerns about slowing economic growth in 2023. Here’s a closer look at some of the areas that made their mark in 2022 and will continue to shape the economy in the coming year.
What causes inflation? Is inflation good or bad? How does the Bank of Canada (try to) manage the level of inflation? What should I do when rates are rising?
As winter quickly approaches and many of you make travel plans to go south, I would like to provide some insights as to what we’re seeing in the financial markets and to give you some peace-of-mind as we navigate this recessionary time together.
We can often make comparison between the path for market returns and a family road trip: the journey may have both expected and unexpected pit stops along the way, but the end destination will likely be positive.
Well folks, “CRAZY” might just be a word that sums up our collective experience over the past number of years. The emotional rollercoaster has been surreal. Literally. One question remains in all of this: Are we learning anything?
Examples of how a patient and prudent approach to investment is rewarding.
One of the common thoughts we all experience when there’s a market correction is the idea that we feel the need to do something to make things better.
How successful have you been predicting the future? Sometimes we get lucky predicting the likelihood of events taking place at some point but doing so accurately is not a reasonable expectation
History repeatedly illustrates that both excessive gains and excessive losses in most balanced portfolios return to a normalized state after some period. Rebalancing tends to happen naturally. I refer to this as a Fear and Greed Index.
Manulife Capital Markets team recently reviewed the last several years of interesting global phenomenon and compared market returns of the S&P 500 (the index measuring 500 of the United States’ top companies) over that same 7-year period. The question to ask yourself as you read the following list is, “how would I expect the market to have performed during this time period when such things occurred?”
You’re not alone if you’re feeling a sense of concern combined with some confusion about the state of world markets at this point in 2022. The notion of a “bear” market is one which causes general fear in the population.
Today I’m sending you a letter to remind us about how our emotions interact with all aspects of our lives, including our financial affairs. Globally speaking, it’s a highly consequential time in our lives and it’s important to be mindful of how markets tend to react during such uncertainties.