When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent most emerging-markets funds plummeting, Perth Tolle’s Freedom index fund avoided most of the carnage—because economies run by despots will never be on her buy list.
The holiday season is a time of family and reflection as we all are a year older. For the children of older parents there is also a question of how well their parents are able to manage their assets.
With this massive increase in the use of AI in our everyday lives, and algorithms that are constantly improving, what are the pros and cons of this powerful technology?
Selling a business is exciting, stressful, and life-changing. While focusing on the myriad things necessary to sell and transition the business is the top priority, don’t neglect the personal side of the transaction.
It’s the latest in a string of negative economic data, but it’s not all bad news with data such as consumer spending and the unemployment rate holding up surprisingly well.
While many of us were able to finally enjoy a year free of coronavirus restrictions, news broke of a conflict in Eastern Europe at the beginning of the year and what followed was a trail of political instability, economic weakness and inflationary concern.
Many people think inflation and yields always fall in a recession, as they have in recent experience, but the historical data doesn’t agree. While this doesn’t provide a surefire answer for the direction of rates, it informs portfolio construction when a recession isn’t sure to lower yields.
Many economies have been hit with rising prices in the wake of the pandemic, but there are also a small number of notable outliers that have managed to keep their inflation rate down.
Given that rising interest rates are what has prompted the slow down, it stands to reason that continuing on this path will put more pressure on real estate.
Housing sales continue to tumble as October marks the ninth month in a row we’ve seen falling numbers. It saw a 5.9% drop in sales from the previous month, with annual figures down 28.4%.