Special Market Update 3-15-2022

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Special Market Update 3-15-2022

For more than two weeks, the people of Ukraine have bravely fought back against the Russian invasion of their sovereign country. By all accounts, their resistance has far exceeded the original prediction that the country would fall in days, if not hours. While it is widely believed that Russia maintains a military advantage, things have not gone well for Putin. The growing fear now is that Putin, having cornered himself, may soon begin to act even more irrationally and indiscriminately.

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March Private Client Letter

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March Private Client Letter

With geopolitical tensions and the war in Europe dominating our headlines, the two-year anniversary of the S&P 500’s pre-COVID market peak went largely unnoticed. Just over a month after the peak, the S&P 500 had plummeted by more than 30% before beginning an epic rally of 114%. While it is now hard to imagine a world without COVID, it easy to see that COVID has forever changed many aspects of our lives.

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The collapse of the Russian Ruble, what does it mean?

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The collapse of the Russian Ruble, what does it mean?

There are many factors that determine the strength of one currency versus another. The interest rate differentials between countries, the level of a country’s fiscal discipline compared to another, and the stability of one’s government, are just a few of the variables that influence the flow of global capital and subsequently, the strength and weakness of a currency.

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