Looking Through the Noise
In the first 2020 edition of the LifePro Asset Management Market & Portfolio Review, our head of Wealth Management, Robert Reaburn, reviews 2019 investment performance, the potential impact of the U.S. Iranian standoff on U.S. stocks, and analyzes our tactical risk indicators as we head into 2020.
Specifically, Robert will be taking a look at the three mini economic slowdowns that occurred in 2011, 2015, and 2019 and the long-term impacts those market corrections had on the potential longevity and sustainability of the current bull market. Second, we will be reviewing a selection of short-term risk indicators such as put/call data and other investor sentiment metrics to assess whether the November and December market rally has room to run or has left investors complacent ahead of a potential reset in the first quarter.
We are also going to review the impact of lower interest rates in the U.S. and how various asset classes behave when the supply of money increases throughout the financial system. As usual, we will also be reviewing the health of the credit and labor markets to measure the underlying health of the U.S. economy, while also keeping a close eye on upstream inflation indicators as well as future expectations for inflations 5 years from today. Lastly, we will look at historical stock market behavior and what investors can reasonably expect in regard to market volatility, regardless of whether 2020 turns out to be a year for the bulls or the bears.
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