This article is an update of my personal portfolio at the end of 1H2025 (June 30, 2025). To say it was a volatile quarter is the mother of all understatements. Fortunately, I came out OK thanks to the fact that investors – especially in the bond market – provided guardrails for the nutty economic policies of Mr Trump. I saw the train wreck coming, but I failed to anticipate the shockingly fast recovery. You can read the gory details in this article.

This article contains tables and commentary regarding the rather volatile but ultimately positive first half of 2025.

This article contains a summary of full-year 2024 performance of the indices and assets tracked by EMC, plus historical data, too.

This is an update about my personal portfolio during and at the end of 1Q2024. It also discusses performance which I consider disappointing.

2023 was an amazing year for nearly all traditional asset classes around the world. Can this carry-on? This article covers my thoughts.

The 3Q23 was not good for stocks and bonds, reflected in the returns in my own portfolio. But returns YtD have been decent enough.

This article is an update to an article I penned in February regarding my personal portfolio. For me, it's painful reading!

Tech companies drove the 7% return of the S&P 500 in the 1Q23. Without the "magnificent seven", the index would have been flattish.

Stocks do not always go up over shorter periods, but they do over longer periods. This article provides empirical support, see for yourself