This document summarizes the challenges of saving money in today's economic environment of low interest rates and steady inflation. It discusses how inflation encourages spending now rather than saving, and how low interest rates on savings vehicles provide little protection against inflation. It provides a hypothetical example using the purchase of a toaster to illustrate how inflation can motivate unnecessary spending. The document examines factors like the Federal Reserve interest rate that impact bank savings rates. It also notes that some consumers turn to riskier long-term investments or debt to cope with these economic conditions, making it difficult to build financial stability. In the end, it argues that maintaining liquid savings is still important despite low returns, and that opportunities may arise when economic activity slows.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for February. This month, with the prospect for potential policy changes ahead, we take a deeper dive into the concept of inflation and what it means to investors.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for December. This month we explore a variety of factors potentially driving markets and evaluate the risks and rewards lying beneath the surface.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for February. This month, with the prospect for potential policy changes ahead, we take a deeper dive into the concept of inflation and what it means to investors.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for December. This month we explore a variety of factors potentially driving markets and evaluate the risks and rewards lying beneath the surface.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for May. This month we explore the reality behind market anomalies such as “sell in May and go away.”
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for June. This month we dive deeper into equity market year-to-date returns and discuss the narrow leadership that has re-emerged, primarily from several large technology companies.
A review of Q4 2015 corporate earnings reveals a significant slowdown in revenue and earnings growth. While these developments have been affected by the sharp decline in commodity prices,they may reveal early signs of recessionary conditions.
Following an impressive bounce back from February lows, the durability of the current bull market remains suspect. The benefits of the recent rally appear limited to the large cap, defensive sectors of the market. In prior market cycles, this has portended that the latter stages of a bull market are fast approaching and as such, caution is warranted.
Monthly Market Perspective - January 2017Mark Biegel
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for January. This month, with the transition in Washington upon us, we reflect on what impact prior presidential cycles had on markets, and assess how this one may turn out.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for August. Due to the recent rebound in quarterly corporate earnings, this month we explore the importance of this fundamental underpinning to the equity markets.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for December. This month we examine the impacts of the rapidly changing low interest rate environment.
Monthly Market Perspective - June 2016David Berger
The drivers of short-term market moves can be vastly different from those which underpin the cycles of longer-term market direction. This month we examine a variety of these factors.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for May. This month we explore the reality behind market anomalies such as “sell in May and go away.”
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for June. This month we dive deeper into equity market year-to-date returns and discuss the narrow leadership that has re-emerged, primarily from several large technology companies.
A review of Q4 2015 corporate earnings reveals a significant slowdown in revenue and earnings growth. While these developments have been affected by the sharp decline in commodity prices,they may reveal early signs of recessionary conditions.
Following an impressive bounce back from February lows, the durability of the current bull market remains suspect. The benefits of the recent rally appear limited to the large cap, defensive sectors of the market. In prior market cycles, this has portended that the latter stages of a bull market are fast approaching and as such, caution is warranted.
Monthly Market Perspective - January 2017Mark Biegel
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for January. This month, with the transition in Washington upon us, we reflect on what impact prior presidential cycles had on markets, and assess how this one may turn out.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for August. Due to the recent rebound in quarterly corporate earnings, this month we explore the importance of this fundamental underpinning to the equity markets.
Below please find a link to our monthly market perspective piece for December. This month we examine the impacts of the rapidly changing low interest rate environment.
Monthly Market Perspective - June 2016David Berger
The drivers of short-term market moves can be vastly different from those which underpin the cycles of longer-term market direction. This month we examine a variety of these factors.
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Swelling can in like manner falter from asset for asset. Subordinate upon the season, the expense of gas could go up independently from with everything considered headway as it routinely does as summer moves close. In reality, there is even a term - focus improvement - for swelling that parts in everything except for sustenance and imperativeness (gas and oil), as these regions have separate factors that add to them. There are a wide degree of sorts of swelling, subordinate upon what remarkable is being viewed comparatively as what the development rate truly is by all accounts. For example, what happens if the swelling rate is well over the Fed's normal goal? At a higher rate, yet still in the single digits, that is known as walking swelling. It is seen as concerning yet sensible (Ball, 2006).
Swelling is generally depicted reliant on its rate and causes. By and large, Inflation happens in an economy when vitality for thing and experiences outmaneuvers the supply of yield. in this manner, clarifications behind Inflation have different sides, the intrigue side and supply side. The widely inclusive activity of hazard premiums in driving enlargement pay over the scope of advancing years is dependable with secured budgetary improvement and inside and out oblige cash related procedure events in the moved economies. The degree for further fitting budgetary enabling seen with money related stars seems to have declined amidst the enough low advance charges and gigantic monetary records of national banks (Bodie, 2016).
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Interest Rates Explained 2024 What You Need to Know.docxAmit Kumar
Have you ever wondered why the stock market jumps on news about inflation, or why a government's decision to change interest rates sends the financial world into a frenzy? It's a complex dance, but at the heart of it lies the relationship between interest rates and the stock market. Understanding this connection is like decoding a secret language that can help you make smarter investment decisions. Get ready to explore how interest rate shifts shape businesses, consumer behaviour, and ultimately, the prices of stocks you see on the ticker.
From global economic trends to your own portfolio, interest rates hold surprising sway. Let's start with a timeline of major turning points in interest rate history – those moments that sent shockwaves through the markets…
Imagine you've taken out a loan to buy a house. The interest rate on that loan is essentially the extra cost you pay for borrowing the money. Let's say your interest rate increases. Now, your monthly payments go up, leaving you with less disposable income to spend elsewhere. This is just one-way interest rates touch our lives.
The Bigger Picture
At its core, an interest rate is the "price" of borrowing money. Banks charge interest on loans they give out, and they may offer interest on money you deposit with them. Governments even charge interest on bonds they issue! It's a crucial lever in the financial system, influencing how much businesses and consumers spend, save, and invest.
A truly unique example comes from Sweden. In 2009, to encourage borrowing and boost the economy during a financial crisis, the central bank implemented a negative interest rate policy. This meant people actually paid the bank to hold onto their money! While this might sound strange, it incentivized people to spend or invest their cash, which could stimulate economic activity. This policy wasn't without drawbacks, and Sweden eventually moved away from negative rates. But it serves as a fascinating illustration of how central banks can use interest rates as unconventional tools.
Types of Interest Rates
You'll often hear terms like:
• Repo Rate: The central bank (like India's RBI) sets this rate, at which it lends to commercial banks. Changes to the repo rate ripple through the economy.
• Reverse Repo Rate: The rate the central bank pays on banks' deposits with it. This helps manage the flow of money.
• Bank Lending Rates: Rates banks set on loans to businesses and individuals (mortgage rates, car loans, etc.)
Key takeaway: Interest rates are not one-size-fits-all. They play different roles, impacting our pockets and the broader economy.
Now that we understand what interest rates are, let's explore how changes in these rates can send ripple effects through the stock market.
How Interest Rates Affect the Stock Market
Businesses and Interest Rates
Businesses, the backbone of the stock market, feel the impact of interest rates in several ways:
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• Certainty in an Age of Uncertainty
• Happy 60th Birthday, RSP!
• Teaching Kids About Money
• The Value of Dividend-Paying Equities
• In Brief: Housing Market Changes
• Elder Care: Planning Ahead
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THE ECONOMICS OF TODAY’S COLLEGE
EDUCATION
45% put off buying a house
55% delayed saving for retirement
14% put off marriage
28% put off having children
If You Find the Right Career, You May
Work a Long Time (and Like It)
In an April 17, 2014, article for ThinkAdviser,
James Green relates that studies indicate Baby
Boomers who remain in the workforce appear to
do so because their higher levels of education
result in “more meaningful jobs that can be
performed into older ages.” While a much larger
percentage of non-college-educated Boomers
have already left the work force, higher levels
of education are strongly correlative to
increased job satisfaction, greater earnings and
longer careers. Obviously, the ability and desire
to work longer and more profitably greatly
improves all the metrics for retirement.
Getting College Right Is a Big Deal
In an August 15, 2014, commentary for
Forbes, Chris Bowyer observed that “it’s been
the unofficial policy of many leaders, political
and otherwise, to champion higher education as
a universal good,” regardless of the field of
study and how much one borrowed. But current
data suggests one’s choice of major and plan for
education financing has significant long-term
ramifications. The economic gap between a good
college decision (one that results in enjoyable,
profitable, life-long work) and simply getting a
degree (leading to underemployment and
burdensome debt) is becoming a chasm.
Besides seeking competent career guidance
for their children (probably more than “What are
your interests?”), parents should also consider
how to best arrange their financial assets to
minimize education debt and, if possible, maximize
eligibility for financial assistance. Delaying
college, working and attending part-time, starting
at a community college – every possibility
should be on the table. Because whatever career
path they pursue, your child’s ship will sail
lighter if it isn’t dragging an anchor of debt.
Peter Mu
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