WORST START TO A YEAR SINCE THE 1970’S. CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR THE REMAINING HALF.
Our strategies moved largely defensive initially in January. Twice since then we’ve moved briefly into markets and back to a defensive posture, where we’ve remained through the end of the quarter. The effect in most cases of this defensive posture has been that, as stocks and bonds have fallen, we’ve avoided a portion of those declines. The losses were significant
Market Update 3/28/22
In early to mid-January we exited US Stocks and High Yield Bonds, and later sold our International stock exposure. Those trades occurred during the early part of a downturn that saw the S&P move into correction territory, while the NASDAQ Composite index briefly moved into a bear market.