The insightful macro view from our Investments Solutions Leader of the Month has me wondering. Is this the year when financial markets finally get back to normal? An equally valid question is, when exactly were financial markets last truly normal? Historically rapid Federal Reserve interest rate hikes to combat rampant inflation followed the global COVID-19 pandemic, which followed the decadelong aftermath of the 2008 Great Financial Crisis, which followed an era of lax mortgage standards for U.S. home buyers at the same time as lax national lending standards for countries in the euro area, which followed the fall of the Soviet Union, and so on. You get the picture. “Normal” financial markets might just be an illusion, or at best short-lived occurrences. This kind of perspective can help financial advisors in their discussions with clients, and the perennial quest to keep them invested over the long-term.
Meet our newest Investment Solutions Leader of the Month, Phillip Colmar of MRB - The Macro Research Board. Other entries this month include: Orion Adds AllianceBernstein Municipal Fixed Income SMAs Morningstar’s Advisor Workstation Adds iCapital’s Alternative Analytics Savvy Wealth Launches Investment Management Platform For Its Advisors Vanguard Launches 2 New Municipal Bond ETFs StratiFi Technologies Forms Strategic Partnership With AdvizorStack Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Continues Expansion Of Public Finance Team Leadership Venn by Two Sigma Partners With SimCorp On Axioma Equity Factor Models Sound Income Strategies’ Fixed Income ETF Tops Morningstar List For 2023 Cerulli Associates Finds Passive Fund Strategies Overtake Active In December READ MORE: https://lnkd.in/eys3gNBH #WealthManagement #FinancialAdvisors #PortfolioManagement #Investments
