tim@emorningcoffee.com
ETFs and Passive Investing
This post is mainly about Exchange Traded Funds, or “ETFs”, which have ridden the coattails of the growth in passive investing.
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My view on what's going on in the financial markets and the global economy, and a few other things that might interest me from time to time.
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Jan 29, 2020
- 4 min
Coronavirus: Investors shrug it off as earnings releases accelerate
I recognise that this is being released, at least in Europe, closer to afternoon tea than morning coffee. But bear with me please! As of...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Jan 16, 2020
- 5 min
Momentum investing: not all it's cracked up to be
As the US equity markets head further north, almost without pause, it compelled me to look at an investment strategy that is not new but...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
Bloomberg reports private equity "dry powder" at record high - not sure this is a good thing!
Having read this article from #Bloomberg this morning – “Private Equity is Starting 2020 With More Cash Than Ever Before” - on the amount...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Dec 30, 2019
- 2 min
2019 was not just about equities
It is well known by now that the equity markets in the U.S. were the right place to be in 2019, with returns YtD of 21.7%, 27.1% and...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Dec 18, 2019
- 3 min
High Yield - Really??
This Opinion article in Bloomberg entitled “What Does a Junk Bond Even Mean Anymore?” discusses the tightening of spreads across the US...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Dec 18, 2019
- 8 min
Cannabis (and - as an aside - The Motley Fool) - UPDATE
February 11, 2021 I wrote the article below in mid-December 2019, but since pot stocks are the fad at the moment, I thought I would run...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Dec 13, 2019
- 1 min
You Didn't Need to be Smart to have Made Money Investing This Year!
Assuming the “phase one trade agreement” with China doesn’t fade today, the combination of the initial stages of what might turn out to...
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
What a Difference a Year Makes in the US Equity Markets!
Coming off the blowout in non-farm payrolls in the US on Friday (266k new jobs added vs 180k consensus and 156k in October), the US...
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