Published by Richardson GMP on Jul 22, 2019
The global economic data has continued to soften but the U.S. consumer remains rather resilient and in pretty good shape. This week's Ethos is all about the consumer. ... Read more Published by Richardson GMP on Jul 15, 2019
Sports betters and casino gamblers are always looking for an edge to improve their chances of winning. Investing, however, isn’t gambling but there is a fix you can use to your advantage.... Read more Published by Richardson GMP on Jul 08, 2019
Not a traditional market ethos this week, as instead we focused our efforts on our seven page Investor Strategy report and what to expect in the second half of the year. ... Read more Published by Richardson GMP on Jul 02, 2019
In this week’s Ethos we take a quick look at the year so far, it’s been a good one. Plus a few scenarios for the 2nd half ahead of our Investor Strategy report coming out later this week.... Read more Published by Richardson GMP on Jun 24, 2019
What if we are all wrong? In this Ethos we take a look at the benefits and how to incorporate a premortem into an investment process / potential trade. This helps mitigate the impact of Confirmation and Overconfidence biases.... Read more Published by Richardson GMP on Jun 17, 2019
Alternatives can be a great diversification option for your portfolio. Yet after the correction of Q4 last year and rebound in Q1, many investors were left wondering if some of their ‘Alts’ had a lot more market exposure than they thought.... Read more Published by Richardson GMP on Jun 10, 2019
The talk of recession became much louder last week. In this Ethos we share our thoughts on recession probabilities, what the bond market is telling us and some non-bond market indicators of future economic activity.... Read more Published by Richardson GMP on Jun 03, 2019
We decided to take a break from the tariff talk this week. Instead we took a look at performance chasing which we would argue does more damage to investor’s long term returns than tariffs ever could.... Read more Published by Richardson GMP on May 27, 2019
Equities have had a great rebound in 2019 and bonds yields have continued to move lower. Sooner or later this divergence will likely end. Either the economic data improves and bond yields rise again, or the data doesn’t improve and stocks fall.... Read more Published by Richardson GMP on May 21, 2019
This week we covered, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing, not focusing exclusively on how it can change the world for the better, but how to use the framework to enhance portfolio returns.... Read more