Many Americans had higher levels of saving in the early stages of COVID. Here’s what to keep in mind as we return to more normal spending in 2022, dubbed the year of making up for lost time.
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The Year of Impossible Choices: 2022 Market Outlook and 2021 Review
Syl Michelin, Walkner Condon’s resident CFA, covers the last year in the markets and looks ahead to factors shaping the year ahead.
The Slow Pace of Fast Change in a Post-COVID World
One of my favorite (perhaps apochryphal) quotes comes from the French novelist Gustav Flaubert who, while surveying Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 declared, “After all of this, we will still be stupid.”
Post-Lockdown Changes & Predictions
It is a rare event that impacts the entire world. COVID-19 has changed our way of life in the short term, with long-lasting ramifications yet to be determined. In the context of our business at Walkner Condon, we have some items that we believe will be permanently...
COVID-19 and the Real Estate Market
What should you do if you are in the process of a refinance or house sale/purchase? First things first…don’t panic! Nothing good will come with trying to force the process to go faster or demanding that things happen. The task at hand will require more patience and understanding than in previous years.
What’s Going On With The Price of Oil?
On April 20th, 2020 something happened that has never happened before in history. The price of a barrel of WTI oil for the May contract went negative and closed at -$37.63 for a barrel. But what exactly does this mean and why did it happen?
Where Are We Now In the Markets?
As our lives have all been upended due to COVID-19, with an extreme drop in value and subsequent rally in the stock market, many are wondering where we are now. Is it overvalued? Undervalued? Will we test a new bottom?
The Opportunity of Disruption
The last couple of weeks have brought upon each and every one of us a tremendous amount of disruption. The emotions that have caused it have been varied, swift and powerful. There is a great deal of fear and sadness for how COVID-19 is causing chaos in our everyday lives.