by Tyler Lovingood | Oct 3, 2024 | Advisors, Investment Management, Research
Naturally, in times of high inflation, the Federal Reserve’s actions dominate media coverage, especially leading up to interest rate decisions. The federal funds rate rose from 0.25% in March 2022, to 5.5% in July of 2023, and stayed there for over a year. As of...
by Tyler Lovingood | Sep 12, 2024 | Advisors, Investment Management, Research
Whether it is a virus that shuts down the globe or a single-day decline in stocks of more than 20%, we must expect the unexpected. In both markets and life, it is remarkable how often the unlikely happens. Usually, these events are described as outliers, which happen...
by Tyler Lovingood | Aug 8, 2024 | Advisors, Dan, Investment Management, Research
The first known reference to “Russian Roulette” was in a classic novel published in 1840. Merriam-Webster defines the game as, “An act of bravado consisting of spinning the cylinder of a revolver loaded with one cartridge, pointing the muzzle at one’s own head,...
by Tyler Lovingood | Jul 11, 2024 | Advisors, Investment Management, Research
What is Modern Portfolio Theory? Financial advisors typically start their initial investment conversation by determining the client’s comfort level with risk. Harry Markowitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, formed the most common method for determining the maximum...
by Tyler Lovingood | Jun 6, 2024 | Advisors, Investment Management, Research
A legendary experiment in the early 1980s involved a group called the “Turtle Traders.” What started as a friendly debate between two successful traders turned into a challenge that aimed to settle this question: are great traders born with the skills, or can they be...