Prato Perspectives
Some thoughts and insights for the long term investor
New Year Predictions and the Secret Sauce
December 16, 2021 The year-end ritual of predicting where the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500 will close at the end of the next year has been going on now for several weeks. With much fanfare, Wall Street...
Inflation, rising interest rates and stock market returns
Inflation and its effects The inflation rates recently released for October 2021 were higher than economists predicted and many in the financial media have predicted that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates by mid-2022 now. Many analysts and market...
Stagflation
For the past few months pundits, news commentators and many analysts have discussed the possibility of stagflation in the US economy. It is generally discussed in the media as an economic term meant to create a sense of fear about...
Volatility and the Value of Advice
Perspective Today’s financial headlines only tell part of the story. The headlines are intended to keep viewers watching and raise emotions about the equity markets. The part of the story the media is not covering is that after a decline...
Are NFT’s an investment?
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have received lots of airtime from the media this year. Why? What is a Non-Fungible Token or NFT? Non-fungible is an economic term that describes things that have unique properties and are not interchangeable with other items....