SJS Investment Services creates a weekly market update to summarize performance characteristics for major stock and bond indices.

It’s important to recognize how difficult it is to predict what will happen in the short-term for investment markets, and how much margin for error there should be for any prediction.

The market’s reaction to tech in the first quarter is another reminder of how hard it is to time and predict the market, even if you “know” what is going to happen.

China has been growing rapidly from an economic perspective. So what’s happening with the Chinese stock markets?

You have probably heard the saying, “Stocks are riskier than bonds.” While the logic makes sense, are stocks actually riskier than bonds?

A SPAC is a publicly traded company that raises money from investors with the intent of taking some not-yet-determined private company public. Like giving your child a blank check to go buy whatever they want. What could go wrong?

Ignorance is bliss. At least that’s how we feel about the markets in 2020. The person who did not look at the news or troubles of the world was rewarded with an incredible year in the markets.

Based on our research, we believe your portfolio allocation and the discipline to stick to it are far more important to your results than who is President.