
Inflation is on everyone’s mind. Unfortunately, we do not know when inflation will peak — so all we can do is prepare.
Continue readingInflation is on everyone’s mind. Unfortunately, we do not know when inflation will peak — so all we can do is prepare.
Continue readingThis new year — and really any year — anything you can dream up in the market can and will happen at some time. Those events can last longer than you ever dreamed possible…or not. The duration is always unpredictable.
A good example is 2020.
Continue readingWe are pleased to present our Quarterly Market Review for the 3rd quarter of 2020. Please see it in its entirety below.
2020-Q3-Market-ReviewAt VIA IV investments, we consider ourselves permanent owners of our assets. When we buy an asset class, we consider owning it in perpetuity (of course with periodic rebalancing to keep our risk constant).
If the market goes up or down, or if the news media makes some comments good or bad, our exposure to these assets is unchanged because they will always be part of our portfolios.
One very public example of that played out recently, with media personality James Bianco in the middle of March. He was on CNBC when the market looked really bad. He made a statement that everybody should sell everything (again, this was in March 2020).
Continue readingWe are pleased to present our Quarterly Market Review for the 2nd quarter of 2020. Please see it in its entirety below.
Q2-Market-Review