AVIOR INSIGHTS – Why Investors Are Feeling Déjà Vu Around the Fed and Inflation
For investors, it may feel like déjà vu all over again as inflation and the Fed dominate market headlines on a day-to-day basis. After all, the numerous market swings last year were driven by ever-changing expectations around the Fed - both when investors believed the Fed was doing too little, and when they thought the Fed was tightening too much. With markets once again concerned about the direction of the...
AVIOR INSIGHTS – How Investors Can Stay Positive Amid Market Uncertainty
If history tells us anything about investing, it's that markets never rise in a straight line. As much as all investors would prefer calm periods of steady returns, this simply isn't how markets work. Instead, investors need to navigate alternating periods of exuberance and gloom, not only across the biggest bull and bear markets, such as the 2008 financial crisis and the decade-long expansion that followed, but also over shorter...
AVIOR INSIGHTS – How Corporate Earnings Can Guide Long-Term Investors
While major stock market indices have rallied this year, investors continue to receive mixed signals from the economy. On the one hand, inflation is improving which has allowed interest rates to stabilize at a lower level. On the other hand, last week's jobs report was a significant surprise to the upside with 517,000 net new jobs created in January and the unemployment rate falling to 3.4%, the lowest in over...
AVIOR INSIGHTS – How Layoffs and Slower Consumer Spending Affect the Broader Economy
Layoff announcements are ramping up as companies adjust to slowing sales and profitability. So far, major job cuts have been concentrated in technology and consumer-related industries due to overhiring during the pandemic recovery when demand was unusually strong. Whether this spills into the broader economy is the subject of debate among investors and economists. With markets already expecting a mild recession in 2023, how should long-term investors maintain perspective on...