coronavirus
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By Moneta Partner Travis Freeman Back in 1996, the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council predicted we would have astronauts on Mars by 2020. In 1951, Popular Mechanics published an article predicting the 21st…
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By Benjamin Trujillo, Senior Advisor The COVID-19 pandemic has been a difficult time for everyone. It has also created a unique atmosphere for estate planning. The unprecedented current economic environment provides a window of opportunity…
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By Bill Hornbarger, Chief Investment Officer at Moneta (@MonetaCIO) After a difficult March, equity markets stabilized and generally rallied during April, with most equity market segments posting double digit returns for the month. April provided welcome…
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With the passage of the federal government’s latest stimulus package for the U.S. economy, we see signs that market stabilization may be on the horizon. To date, the federal government’s stimuli, both monetary and fiscal,…
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The market indicates that we are at the start of a recession. We cannot predict how long it will last or how deep it will go, but historical data gives us some insight into market…
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The market indicates that we are at the start of a recession. We cannot predict how long it will last or how deep it will go, but historical data gives us some insight into market…
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The market indicates that we are at the start of a recession. We cannot predict how long it will last or how deep it will go, but historical data gives us some insight into market…
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The market indicates that we are at the start of a recession. We cannot predict how long it will last or how deep it will go, but historical data gives us some insight into market…
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By Bill Hornbarger, Chief Investment Officer at Moneta (@MonetaCIO) As we write this, the equity market is firmly in bear territory with the S&P 500 down 30% from its recent record close; volatility has spiked to…
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The volatility we are currently seeing in the market is historic and unprecedented. The speed at which this decline happened is one of the fastest on record. “Violent” is the word Moneta CIO Bill…
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Historic and unprecedented market volatility in recent weeks has concerned investors wondering what to do now. In an interview aired on a local CBS station, Moneta’s Chief Investment Officer Bill Hornbarger reminded people to…
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“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat” — Sun Tzu The dictionary defines strategy as “a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.” The term strategy is often…
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As we write this, stocks are in the midst of the worst week since the dark days of October 2008 when the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ fell 18%, 18% and 15%…
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Recent News Leading into the weekend, the market expected the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut supply and support falling oil prices due to decreased demand as a result of COVID-19 (coronavirus).…
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For most of us, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was the worst investing environment of our lifetime and one that none of us wants to revisit. Coincidentally, for that cycle, the market bottomed on March…
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In this month’s market update from our CIO, Bill Hornbarger explains why the coronavirus is causing market volatility, what impact that will have in the long term and how investors should proceed. Disclosure: © 2020…
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The speed of this week’s market downturn has been gut wrenching. Avoiding panic is the hardest thing to do with the market down 10% in a week, but we must remember that it came off…
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By Bill Hornbarger, Chief Investment Officer at Moneta Sentiment is such an important thing for the financial markets. On February 19, the S&P 500 reached a new record-high level and several other markets (NASDAQ, Dow) followed…
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The number of reported coronavirus cases (and the media coverage) continues to increase on a daily basis. I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the financial markets as an attempt to…
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We have been closely monitoring the outbreak of the coronavirus and hope that health care officials can minimize the human toll that this type of event can bring. At the same time, we are also…