Prato Perspectives
Some thoughts and insights for the long term investor
Is the 60/40 portfolio Dead?
August 16, 2022 A portfolio of 60% stocks and 40% bonds has been used for decades now as a reliable way for many long-term investors to capture much of the gains of stocks with less volatility overall due to the...
With all of the negative headlines dominating the news today, what should investors do?
July 14, 2022 With all of the negative headlines dominating the news today, what should investors do? Here are some questions that many clients may have and answers that may help during the volatile market periods like we see today:...
If it sounds too good to be true …..
[caption id="attachment_2746" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] July 12, 2022[/caption] At Prato Capital, we receive lots of emails from investment firms looking for our business, meaning they want us to invest our client’s hard-earned savings with them. And recently many of these emails...
Bear Market, Rising Interest Rates, and Recession Chatter
It has been quite the week in the economic and investment fields. The mainstream news and business programs have devoted a lot of airtime to this week’s news of the S&P 500 entering a bear market¹, the Federal Reserve raising...
Declines in April and Continued Market Volatility
May 5, 2022 April Declines News headlines described the April returns of the S&P 500 as “the worst April returns in 30 years.” Although that may be correct, in the past 30 years, we have seen months with greater declines...