Does market forecasting have any value?

Expert market calls are effective at getting investors’ attention. In a couple weeks, the pros will be returning from the Hamptons and Muskoka, and getting back to the work of forecasting what the rest of the year might hold for the unwashed masses. But does market...

If Interest Rates Were To Rise, What Happens To Stock Prices?

With interest rates at their highest levels in decades, the stock market doing so well this year has been a head-scratcher. By any standard, the returns have been excellent. At the same time, bond yields, traditionally where investors flee if there’s economic turmoil,...