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In April, inflation continued to exhibit resilience, raising the possibility of prolonged higher interest rates. The core personal consumption expenditures price index rose by 0.4%. This was higher than expected and represented a year-on-year increase of 4.7%. The prevailing concern revolves around whether we can anticipate a moderation in inflationary pressures without adversely impacting the […]

Inflation has gone into overdrive. 2022 saw a 17% dive in the S&P 500, and a potential recession is already hanging over our heads; mercurial market situations like these have made people understandably jittery about their finances. Investors are getting cold feet from financial uncertainty, pushing them to rethink their investment choices. In the midst

The recent inflation data seems to ward off the investor nightmare. The troubles of aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and the possibility of a hard landing for the economy no longer appear to breathe down their neck. However, these projections appear to be a financial candyfloss, masking the recent upheaval of gas

What plagues the mind of investors lately? The convergence of geopolitical issues, from the Fed’s tightening to the concerns of an impending recession, 2022 has been a walk on eggshells for them.  The current market havoc has been majorly influenced by aggressive interest rate hikes by the Fed, as shown in the chart below. By

2022 has been acutely perturbing for investors, with the dire straits of the tumbling stock markets. The S&P500 is already down 22% YTD, owing to the straggling technology sector, which faltered the overall performance of the Index. But that probably isn’t a big surprise, given how well this sector has performed over the past few

The Holy Grail of Investing, a quotation ascribed to Ray Dalio for defining diversification, portrays his sheer ingenuity in the fields of investment. This cleverly-crafted metaphor compels us to address the foremost question, why do we need diversification? Imagine having a stock that constitutes a large portion of your portfolio. Say if it went down by 50%