Market analysis and long-term considerations
Markets went notably lower this week, marking its fifth consecutive week of declines. More notably, is that bonds didn’t do any better and had an unusually high correlation with stocks since the beginning of the year. The S&P 500 had a high watermark at the start of this year and is since down 13.6%. The long-dated treasury bond, measured using the iShares Treasury 20 yr ETF “TLT” is down 22% since the start of the year. If you had a traditionally diversified portfolio, then