Coronavirus Follow-up
COVID-19 gives us a rare opportunity to watch a stress play out in real time. And in this case, I actually made a prediction for how markets would react, so this blog will look at the progress of the virus and the suitability of the original prediction given the passage of time.
Add or Create your own Custom Stress Tests
How to change scenarios How to create a Custom Stress Test PortfolioCrashTest has always been able to choose different scenarios to stress test your portfolios. However, in PCTpro you can...Read More
Panademic Stress Test
We have written a lot about the potential for market corrections and scenarios that may disrupt the decade long bull market. The Coronavirus is the most tangible example of a short-term threat to the market’s long upward climb. And our clients, keenly aware of the potential for market disruption, have asked us to create a Coronavirus stress scenario for Portfolio Crash Testing Pro
The Forecast Folly: Why financial experts rarely stand the test of time
Present success does not indicate future outcomes The Power of Other Opinions What do experts say about predictions? Two types of experts In Brief Present success does not indicate future...Read More
What’s going on with Equal Weighted Index Performance?
Lately, it seems the only equity investment worth making is in US large caps. The cheaper and more passive, the better. Of course, passive US large-cap equities are not the absolute best performing asset available over the past few years, but the category is pretty hard to beat for ease of implementation, known risk characteristics, price and performance.
Working Effectively – A conversation with Erik Solbakken (CPA)
The struggles of CPAs, RIAs, and BDs exist because of mindsets and practices anchored in old professional service business models. Erik Solbakken changed the way CPAs market and build client...Read More