To Inform: Despite spurts of volatility, major stock indexes have been bouncing around all-time highs in recent weeks. At the same time, measures of valuation show stocks have been getting cheaper. How is that possible?? Read on! First some education and context. The most common measure of stock “valuations” looks at the ratio between “Price” […]

To Inform: It’s the beginning of July which means the year is half over and the second quarter (April – June) is in the rearview mirror. Each month, The Joseph Group’s Investment Strategy Team puts together our Market Health Analysis, a packet of charts which looks at current events and different asset classes to inform […]

To Inform:  The Samuel Beckett play “Waiting for Godot” centers around two men who are waiting for a man named Godot. The men spend the entire play waiting for Godot who, in the end, never does makes an appearance. As investors there can be periods where it feels like investing in a certain style or […]

To Inform:   When you think of some of your biggest dreams in life, perhaps it’s providing for your family, owning a home, or traveling the world, the financial aspect of it can be overwhelming. You may be asking yourself “Where do I even start? What should I be doing now to ensure that I […]

To Inform: The concept that prices are rising and inflation is here is pretty widely agreed upon, and we would say is a consensus idea. Recently, I had my own encounter with inflation. On my way home earlier this week, my car dinged to tell me I was running low on gas. I thought, “no […]

To Inform: A sentiment we often hear is “I want to buy stocks, but I’m waiting for a pullback.” Another variation of this sentiment might sound like this, “I don’t want to buy stocks right now, the market is trading at all-time highs.” These are reasonable views. After all, it’s prudent to want to buy […]

To Inform:  One of the biggest debates in the investment world is the future of inflation. There is no doubt inflation is here. So far in 2021, direct inputs to things we buy like lumber (think housing), corn/soybeans (groceries), and tin (cans for food, paint) have skyrocketed. The question though is whether inflation is a […]

To Inform: If we complain about paying taxes, that typically means we are making money. If we lament the historically low savings rates at the bank, that typically means we have money saved. Good problems to have, right? Perhaps, but that does not mean we shouldn’t try to solve them. I think we would all […]

To Inform: This past week has been a wild ride for the stock market. On Tuesday (5/11) and Wednesday (5/12), the popular Dow Jones Industrial Average was down over -300 points and -600 points respectively. Of course, with the Dow hovering around 34,000, -600 points isn’t what is used to be in percentage terms, but […]

To Inform: I find great investment wisdom in reading from the accumulated wisdom of some of history’s greats. One such investor is David Dreman, author of Contrarian Investment Strategies. Dreman began investing in the late 1950s and ran his own firm for over 30 years. In his book, Dreman provides a number of “Rules”. One […]