Posts Tagged ‘equities’
August 2026
Summary Stocks and bonds advanced in August despite revived commodity pressure in the wake of the expiration of the US/Iran ceasefire. Oil rallied, gold bounced back, and interest rates shifted higher, buoyed by more hawkish rhetoric from the Federal Reserve. Inflation concerns tied to rebounding energy prices drove global markets to price in policy tightening…
Read MoreReturn Forecasting Isn’t Prediction — It’s Disciplined Preparation
Photo credit: Unsplash Long‑term investors don’t need a crystal ball — they need a framework. Forecasting returns is not an exercise in predicting the next market swing, but in understanding the structural forces that reliably drive outcomes over full cycles. By focusing on observable inputs like income, real earnings growth, inflation, and credit losses —…
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