The Spring Path Forward
When the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl in 2019, many asked what was next for Bill Belichick, along with the rest of the team. In short, the team would enjoy the win for a few days and then get back to work in order to prepare for 2020. Similar to the Belichick mindset, an effective investment process doesn’t stop because market is up or down, its series of continuous steps that relentlessly pushes toward your ultimate long term financial goals, regardless of the twists or turns the path may throw at you.
In today’s portfolio review, we are going to review how we got back to positive 2020 returns and what the path forward looks like for client portfolios. Today’s report will involve a general discussion and overview of both the bear and bull thesis’ are for stock prices going forward, what side of the fence we are leaning on and why we are positioning that way. Second, we will conduct a quick performance review along with a discussion on how unemployment insurance benefits are impacting Americans that have recently been furloughed or let go and how unemployment benefits compare to their prior compensation as an employed worker.
Additionally, we are going to review the state of the March/April rally, the points supporting the rally and what are some of the pitfalls we need to be on guard for as we push toward May. Lastly, we are going to conduct a quick overview of investor sentiment and a quick health check on the state of the credit markets, which are the important mechanism that transmits capital between borrowers and lenders.
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