Charts of the Week
Gold in a 60/40 Portfolio?
September 9, 2020
The 60/40 portfolio has come under fire lately, prompting some managers to question if gold can act as a hedge to stocks.
The 60/40 portfolio has come under fire lately, prompting some managers to question if gold can act as a hedge to stocks.
Churn in the labor market remains elevated.
Bloomberg's Daily Activity Indicators show the global recovery stalled in mid-June.
While tech stocks may have technically 'corrected', signs of excess still exist from a historical standpoint.
An update on muni yields and total returns
Which components of CPI have increased or decreased the most over the past decade?
A long-term look at the surplus/deficit as a percentage of GDP
Some charts from our recent posts
Today's topics include companies locking in low rates, the Nasdaq hits correction territory, the potential pitfalls of the Fed ditching a rules-based approach, a look at Europe's exposure to high growth sectors, understanding the rise in productivity and wages, hedge funds' chance to shine, Mervyn King on the Fed's new inflation targeting policy, and global GDP growth at 5.3% in August.
Overheated speculation in the options market continued last week as retail bought record amounts.
Today's topics include revisiting deglobalization, Fed independence, prime money market funds feeling the squeeze, Apple briefly surpasses all small cap stocks in size, the refi boom, the cost of insuring a gold vault, the case for ignoring stock splits, stocks & politics, and Tesla's snub