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Stabilizing March Market Madness: What Will it Take?
With the passage of the federal government’s latest stimulus package for the U.S. economy, we see signs that market stabilization may be on the horizon. To date, the federal government’s stimuli, both monetary and fiscal, appear to have buoyed markets over recent...
Investment Report: Policymakers Dust Off the “Global Financial Crisis” Playbook
By Bill Hornbarger, Chief Investment Officer at Moneta (@MonetaCIO) As we write this, the equity market is firmly in bear territory with the S&P 500 down 30% from its recent record close; volatility has spiked to levels not seen since the Global Financial Crisis...
VIDEO: Assessing the current market pullback
The volatility we are currently seeing in the market is historic and unprecedented. The speed at which this decline happened is one of the fastest on record. “Violent” is the word Moneta CIO Bill Hornbarger used to describe these market swings in his latest video...
The Coronavirus, The Market and Taxes
Historic and unprecedented market volatility in recent weeks has concerned investors wondering what to do now. In an interview aired on a local CBS station, Moneta’s Chief Investment Officer Bill Hornbarger reminded people to avoid panicking. “I would tell you...
Is it time to worry? Not with a plan.
“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat” -- Sun Tzu The dictionary defines strategy as “a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.” The term strategy is often used in the context of a business plan, sporting event or throughout...
Addressing FAQs about stock market volatility and the coronavirus
As we write this, stocks are in the midst of the worst week since the dark days of October 2008 when the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and NASDAQ fell 18%, 18% and 15% respectively. While none of us know when and how this will end, here are our best...
The Impact to Energy as Saudi Arabia and Russia Face Off
Recent News Leading into the weekend, the market expected the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut supply and support falling oil prices due to decreased demand as a result of COVID-19 (coronavirus). In an unexpected turn, disagreements...
Perspective on market volatility on the anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis
For most of us, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was the worst investing environment of our lifetime and one that none of us wants to revisit. Coincidentally, for that cycle, the market bottomed on March 9, 2009, exactly 11 years ago today. Today was (in some ways) a...
What is going on with the coronavirus and stock market volatility?
In this month’s market update from our CIO, Bill Hornbarger explains why the coronavirus is causing market volatility, what impact that will have in the long term and how investors should proceed. Disclosure: © 2020 Moneta Group Investment Advisors, LLC. All rights...
Why investors should avoid panic during this gut-wrenching market downturn
The speed of this week’s market downturn has been gut wrenching. Avoiding panic is the hardest thing to do with the market down 10% in a week, but we must remember that it came off record-high levels and corrections do happen regularly. As the valuation charts I share...