Game On: Fed Raises Rates to Combat Inflation

by Moneta Group | Jun 20, 2022 | Investments, News Room

Aoifinn Devitt, MBA | Chief Investment Officer Chris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® | Head of Investment Strategy and Research After hesitating for months around whether inflation was transitory and to what extent, the US Federal Reserve has “taken the gloves off.” By raising...

A Full-Blown Assault on the Ukraine jolts Markets and Commodities

by Moneta Group | May 19, 2022 | Investments, News Room

Aoifinn Devitt | Chief Investment Officer Chris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® | Head of Investment Strategy and Research As the Russia/Ukraine situation took a tragic turn overnight, governments are jostling to respond to the most blatant act of aggression in Europe since...

Frying Pan into the Fire: Geopolitical risks taunt already unsettled markets

by Moneta Group | May 19, 2022 | Investments, News Room

Aoifinn Devitt | Chief Investment Officer Chris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® | Head of Investment Strategy and Research In mid-January, a headline in the Wall Street Journal screamed that “Omicron (had) killed certitude.” The opinion-writer was right; in the first few weeks...

INVESTMENT REPORT: The Next Chapter and Suffering Some Whiplash

by Diederich Simmons Perez | May 17, 2022 | Compardo, Wienstroer, Conrad & Janes, Family CFO, Family Office, Investments, Money & Life, Professional Athletes

Aoifinn Devitt | Chief Investment Officer Second Quarter 2021   Five Considerations Impacting the Remainder of 2021  Vaccine Rates and Reopening: As we head into the second half of the year, vaccine rates are largely determining the emergence of countries into the...

Investment Team Update – Nowhere to Hide

by Moneta Group | May 10, 2022 | Investments, Investments, Moneta CIO, News Room

Aoifinn Devitt | Chief Investment Officer As we write, markets are in the middle of a broad-based retreat, and this week started with the worst day in global markets since 2020. While technology and high growth sectors have been in the crosshairs of investor disdain...

Should an Inverted Yield Curve Concern Investors?

by Moneta Group | Apr 13, 2022 | Investments, News Room

Chris Kamykowski, CFA, CFP® | Head of Investment Strategy and ResearchRich McDonald, MBA | Head of Fixed Income and Portfolio Management The first quarter of 2022 provided plenty of fodder for the markets to contend with, from historically high inflation levels and...