Understanding Why Silicon Valley Bank Failed
March 14, 2023
On Wednesday March 8th SVB Financial Group (SIVB), the holding company for Silicon Valley Bank, announced a recent sale of $21 billion from their bond portfolio as well as their...
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In an earlier less globalized era, American investors could ignore a debt default in Greece. European investors could disregard subprime mortgages in the United States. Investors did not care whether China devalued its currency or manipulated its stock market. Today, investors ignore global events at their peril.
We are often astonished that many investment professionals are unaware of basic international differences such as Common Law vs. Civil Law or bank vs. capital market financial systems. Understanding these fundamentals helps us gauge risk and reward in global financial markets. We believe country governance is as important as individual company analysis. In fact, this top-down valuation is so critical to our foreign investment strategy, we’ve developed proprietary tools to guide our decision making.
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Economic Shocks from Russia-Ukraine War are Receding
February 14, 2023
As the war reaches the one year mark this month, most commodity prices have fallen back to pre-invasion levels and Western economies, particularly the most vulnerable in Europe, have thus...
Debt Ceiling Showdown in Congress – We’ve Seen this Movie Before – But it Can Get Messy
January 27, 2023
Last week U.S. gross federal debt (debt held by the public and traded on the open market and intragovernmental debt or debt that one government entity owes to another) breached...
Portfolio Allocation: One Size Does Not Fit All
January 13, 2023
GHPIA's dollar weighted model approach allows our clients the peace of mind that they will have adequate cash for their withdrawals through market downturns, but at the same time avoid...