The Weekly UPdate, Page 12

Anton Bayer's note on the week since 2022. Markets, the economy, and the occasional essay, written for clients who want to understand what is happening without being told what to do about it.

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Markets and Economy

Benefits at the Bottom

There are many benefits of being at the bottom of a market cycle vs. at the top. At the top, when economic and stock market conditions are so favorable that it starts to get scary. One cannot stop wondering when these go

Anton Bayer · February 1, 2023 · 6 min read

Markets and Economy

US Soft Landing

Investors have been on pause since early 2022 with their new investments to determine when the Federal Reserve rate hikes will cease. More importantly, they are concerned that higher interest rates will drive the US econ

Anton Bayer · January 25, 2023 · 6 min read

Financial Planning

Planning to Win

Below is a short exert from the Chapter “Strategies to Profit During Market Cycles” from my book, “Physicians Guide to Wealth” released last year:

Anton Bayer · January 18, 2023 · 4 min read

Markets and Economy

Listen to the Fed's

In February 2018, Jerome Powell took office as the 16th Chairman of The Federal Reserve. He had a goal to improve the Fed's communication with the investment marketplace. Starting in January 2019, he began holding press

Anton Bayer · January 11, 2023 · 17 min read

Markets and Economy

New Year, New Start

By any standard, the past three years were historic. It reminded me of the tech bubble that burst from 2000 to 2003, with San Jose’s Silicon Valley as the epic center. You had to live there to truly understand the financ

Anton Bayer · January 4, 2023 · 6 min read

Financial Planning

Not Another Holiday Checklist!

2022, or as I like to refer to it, “the year of three two's,” is finally coming to a close. Families across the world are getting together to celebrate the holidays, which means that the final scramble to finish shopping

Anton Bayer · December 21, 2022 · 7 min read

Markets and Economy

Don’t Fight The Feds

The saying “Don't Fight The Feds,” or DFTF for short, has been the theme this year on Wall Street. Since March 16, when the Federal Reserve embarked on its rate hike policy, the stock market has plummeted. Mortgage inter

Anton Bayer · December 14, 2022 · 4 min read

Markets and Economy

US Economic Engine Chugs On

Despite all the challenges going on around the world, the US economic engine continues to chug forward. The Group of 7 Nations (referred to as G7 nations, which were formerly G8 until Russia was expelled in 2014) referen

Anton Bayer · December 6, 2022 · 5 min read

Financial Planning

Thankful

I thought I would take a break from the exciting world of finance to focus on Thanksgiving and the many blessings we have.

Anton Bayer · November 22, 2022 · 7 min read

Markets and Economy

Actors of our Financial Theater

Over the past 30 years, I have been fascinated by watching the many actors in our financial markets. I say actors because it all seems like one big national play complete with all the theatrical variety of comedy, thrill

Anton Bayer · November 16, 2022 · 8 min read

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