Stocks are once again attempting to add more positive signs to the choppiness that has characterized the past six months. While the short-term signs are looking more and more positive as the days and weeks go by, longer term signs are showing extreme valuations in many different sectors. International investing continues to show that ignoring […]
IronBridge Insights
Diversification Fatigue
Markets have calmed from the high volatility that has characterized 2018 thus far. However, the bond market has been showing consistent signs of stress, and traditional diversification is once again causing broadly diversified portfolios to suffer from underperformance. We call this “diversification fatigue”, and it is once again proving you can have too much of […]
La Dolce Vita?
Italian bond yields and Italian bank stocks were pummeled this week, with fears returning of another European banking crisis similar to Greece in 2011. There are lessons when markets turn from calm to extremely volatile in short periods of time. Are markets currently undergoing a Paradigm Shift, or should we expect la dolce vita (the […]
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Clint Eastwood turns 88 years old on May 31, and we are celebrating the legendary actor by looking at the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in today’s market. We also celebrate him by incorporating truly awful puns in weak attempts to appear witty. Hopefully us High Plains Drifters won’t remain Unforgiven for being so […]
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
It seems that the market’s mood may be changing. After blowout earnings from many companies, stock prices have fallen in price instead of rising as one might expect. When bullish events happen, yet bearish price action follows, the potential exists of a shift in investor moods. Is the Fed partially to blame? [maxbutton id=”5″ url=”https://ironbridge360.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IronBridge-Insights-2018-05-03-Mood-Swings.pdf” […]
Soldiers are AWOL
An analogy we like to make is that markets are like armies composed of generals (leading stocks) and soldiers (the rest of the index). Currently, there are many soldiers that are AWOL. In this issue we review current portfolio positioning, update the scenarios outlined in our previous report, and take another look at market breadth. […]
Charting the Course: Four Possible Market Outcomes
In this issue we chart the four likely paths the market may take over the coming weeks and months, update our “Two Most Important Days” analysis, and look again at the weakness in High Yield Bonds. [maxbutton id=”5″ url=”https://ironbridge360.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IronBridge-Insights-2018-03-09-Charting-the-Course-Four-Potential-Outcomes.pdf” text=”View PDF” ] Executive Summary Well, the “two most important days” has been stretched into “the […]
Corrections are Not Healthy
In this issue we dig deeper into the possible market outcomes following the recent volatility, explain why market corrections are not healthy, and review portfolio changes and positioning. [maxbutton id=”5″ url=”https://ironbridge360.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IronBridge-Insights-2018-02-23.pdf” text=”View PDF” ] Executive Summary On Thursday, February 15, 2018 in our interim update we proclaimed “the next two days are the most important […]