Hi Smart Investors! I hope you’re doing all right. It’s been more of a quiet week really, but here’s what’s up: Last week -> The market managed to reign in the recent burst of downside volatility from Thursday the week before and from a technical perspective it defended the 200 moving average support level on…
Hello everyone! Here’s what moved the markets this week in short. Last week Equity markets stories:-> On Monday the US National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) officially named February 2020 the last cycle’s peak and announced that the US economy is in recession (4 month under way now).-> Paradoxically on the very same day S&P500 turned…
Happy day all the Smart Investors out there! Today I wanted to make a quick note on how the SIA-style portfolios performed in the past. Past performance is of course not a guarrantee for the future, but if the backtesting period is long enough it can constitute a sound basis to expect similar behviour going…
Hello everyone! Bullish sentiment persists in markets into the start of June. Here’s a quick recap for you of what matters the most and drives markets currently. Last week Equity markets stories:-> The markets ignored the massive wave of social unrest in US caused by the death of George Floyd, an afroamerican killed by a policeman.…
Hi all! Today I wanted to come back to you with the continuation of the series I call the Deep Dive into SIA. Part (1) was about debt. Today I wanted to make a few deliberations about another aspect of the SIA Score, namely S5 and S1, which are directly connected with each other (please…
Hello Hello! I hope your’re all safe and sound. As another month came to an end, it’s time to adjust the SIA-style Pension Portfolio (PP) alongside the Global Leaders Portfolio (GLP). I have described all current thoughts about what’s happening and what’s most important on the global capital markets here while rebalancing GLP. Please take…
Hello Smart Investors! Another month passed and it’s time to look at the SIA-style exemplary portfolios to see how they are and if there’s an adjustment needed. But first let me start with a few words on the recent main drivers and themes that drove capital markets. Most of the economies were slowly, but steadily,…
Hi there! I hope everyone is safe out there and slowly getting back to normality. GlobalAlphaSearch.com is now officially on FB! Please join me there to strenghten our community of Smart Investors :). To the point now…Quick recap of the state of markets for you guys: Last week Equity markets stories:-> US market was closed…
Aloha! May goes on and it turns out that this time it’s not a “sell in May and go away” scenario, as some feared at the start of the month. Most major markets keep holding up after massive April gains and consolidate within relatively narrow ranges digesting the progress of reopening the global economy and…
Hi all Smart Investors out there! I hope that the Weeklies, even though quite compound, do provide value for you in terms of updating you on major market drivers and cutting out the noise. Remember a Smart Investor has an investment perspective way beyond current little ups and downs, as much important as they may…
