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In our more than 20 years developing risk-managed, downside-first investment strategies, Frontier Asset Management has also developed our own way of viewing and evaluating the world around us. We share our knowledge and perspectives to help you make informed, well-rounded decisions for your clients and for your business.
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Market Commentary | August 19, 2022
The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) print registered a 0% change from the prior month, which was below economists’ expectation of 0.2%[i]. The substantial decline in gas prices offset higher food prices. Further, core inflation, which removes the impact of food and energy, came in at 0.3%, which was also below expectations for a 0.5% […]
August 2022 Monthly Capital Markets Perspective
Relief rally or sustainable surge? That’s the question on investors’ minds, but after a generally miserable second quarter, market participants will take whatever they can get. And they just got a lot; if 2Q was the “everything sale”, July was the “buying binge”. Except for a nominal loss in emerging market equities, all asset classes […]
Tax reform: Going, going . . . It’s back? Maybe.
During the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden campaigned on raising taxes on corporations and higher income earners. Once in office, his administration worked with Congress to try and pass healthcare and climate legislation that would be funded by increasing taxes. However, observers were once again reminded how proposing and actually passing tax legislation are two […]
Market Commentary | July 19, 2022
As we say goodbye to a quarter that we’d all rather forget, capital markets are demonstrating their resilience. Through the 18th, every asset class that we model, apart from emerging market equities, is in positive territory, and that’s before considering the impact of the major rally that is occurring as I’m writing this. While there […]
The Charts of the Week: Why managed futures? Why now?
In our June 16th poll we asked our LinkedIn followers to tell us their go-to strategy for managing downside risk in the current market environment. 76% of the 83 responses said to stay the course. We agree. This is one strategy to use during any bear market. However, there is a particular investment strategy that […]
Second Quarter 2022: Capital Markets Perspective
Ugly hardly describes the second quarter. Of the 91 indices that we track at present, covering all manner of equities, bonds, commodities, currencies, and yes, even cryptocurrencies, exactly eight ended the quarter in positive territory. Four of those indices represented related energy contracts (heating oil +25%, petroleum +14%, Brent crude +10%, and WTI (West Texas […]
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