tim@emorningcoffee.com
Week ended Sept 6, 2024: sentiment deteriorates
US Labor Day holiday marked the unofficial end of summer, and also a demarcation for risk sentiment. Bonds rallied and stocks got hammered.
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Aug 17
- 4 min
Week ended Aug 16, 2024: "everything up" week!
It was an "everything up" week, with global equities, US Treasuries, corporate bonds and gold all registering gains. Happy summer!
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Aug 3
- 11 min
Week ended Aug 2, 2024 (and emails during week to subs)
Last week was brilliant for UST investors in duration, and horrible for investors in global equities. Culprits: Mag & and US economic data.
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Jul 24
- 8 min
Portfolio update: 1H2024
This is an update of my personal portfolio performance in 2Q2024 and 1H2024, good on the surface but worse than the indices would suggest.
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Feb 10
- 5 min
Week ended Feb 9th, 2024: S&P 500 closes above 5,000
Memes are dead I suppose, but not meme-like price performance. And yawn – the S&P 500 reaches ANOTHER record high while bonds get hammered.
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Dec 30, 2023
- 3 min
Week ended Dec 29, 2023: end of year (short) edition
We ended the year very much along the themes that drove 4Q23. Equities and government bonds were better bid across the board. 2024??
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Jul 20, 2023
- 7 min
The great reveal: 1H2023 update
This article is an update to an article I penned in February regarding my personal portfolio. For me, it's painful reading!
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
WEEKLY: Damn glad that's over!
It was a holiday shortened, rather lacklustre week in markets. Good that 2022 is over. FY returns were poor across equities and bonds.
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tim@emorningcoffee.com
- Feb 8, 2022
- 18 min
Corporate bonds: why you should care about this market
This is a primer on corporate bonds, investment grade & high yield. It also discusses the pandemic and its effect on the corp bond market.
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