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Key Lessons for Investors from 2022 - Part II
As we have seen in our previous post, the media and polled experts have a habit to make assumptions about the future. But as we outlined,...
Marc
Dec 14, 20221 min read
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Key Lessons for Investors from 2022: The year in the News and Market Returns
As 2022 – a truly eventful year in equity and bond markets - nears its close, analysts are being asked about their expectations for 2023....
Marc
Dec 13, 20222 min read
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Q3 2022 market review: When it rains, it pours!
Ouch! What a quarter! While the current generation of investors has gotten used to downward equity volatility, the double-whammy of...
Marc
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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Mr. Market strikes back!
Ouch, what a quarter! Mr. Market really dished out a painful kick to the teeth of investors in Q2 2022. Investors’ resolve might have...
Marc
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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Q1 2022 market review
Evidence -based, low-cost index investing, disciplined investing, market review
Marc
Apr 12, 20221 min read

Another very strong quarter – Q2 2021 market review
Almost all asset classes globally continued their upward trend in the past quarter, with soybeans as a niche commodity being the only...
Marc
Jul 9, 20211 min read
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The equity run-up continues – Q1 2021 market review
Equities continued their meteoric rise in Q1 2021, while medium-term and long-term bonds had losses in Q1 2021 (short-duration bonds eked...
Marc
Jul 8, 20211 min read
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Long-term benefits of Stock Investing: Why you need to have equities in your portfolio
There is no denying: stock markets are indeed volatile, and your daily newsfeed about what equity markets were up to over the past 24...
Marc
Jun 10, 20213 min read
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What a fantastic quarter – Q2 2020 market review
What a fantastic meteoric upward trajectory in equity markets lies behind us in Q2 2020! You, as a reader of this blog, certainly are a...
Marc
Jul 9, 20201 min read
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How to deal with uncertainty
How to deal with uncertainty in investing.
Marc
Jun 8, 20203 min read
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Are you puzzled by the divergence between buoyant stocks and the current sinking economy?
Don’t you find it puzzling when one bleak economic report after the other emerges in the press on a nearly constant basis, only to be...
Marc
May 29, 20205 min read
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What a brutal quarter - Q1 2020 market review
Quarterly Market Review
Marc
Apr 19, 20201 min read
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How your portfolio will survive the Covid-19 equity market crash
How evidence-based, low-cost index fund investing will see your portfolio through the Covid-19 market crisis. What you should do now.
Marc
Mar 21, 20206 min read
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Panic: What should you do during the current Coronavirus panic?
Market meltdown and investor behavior. Evidence-based, low-cost index fund investing. Avoidance of emotional biases.
Marc
Mar 19, 20203 min read
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Market Review for the Past Decade (Part 2)
Decade review covering 2010-2019
Marc
Feb 16, 20203 min read
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