Clean Yield Insights

Greetings from your new Directors of Investment Research, Kofi Kodua and Liz Levy! While this report has historically been a straightforward summary of the past quarter and expectations for the next, we are going to also spend some time this… Read More >

No, we’re not referring to the existential threat to humanity. We are, however, referring to the investment climate. The investment climate has had roughly 10-year cycles over many decades. The cycles are usually caused initially by a “loose” monetary policy… Read More >

There are lots of cycles for an investor to consider: economic, credit, profit, interest rate, and stock market. Where we are in a cycle has crucial investment consequences. The decade up to the COVID pandemic was a prolonged cycle of… Read More >

The federal government seems to have stemmed the recent banking crisis for now. Its aggressive intervention to back customer deposits has had the intended calming effect. The Federal Reserve, however, was partly responsible for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank,… Read More >

2022 in Review Ouch! It was the worst year for global stock markets since the 2007-2009 global financial crisis. We’re not surprised. After the rampant speculation of 2021 in cryptocurrencies, “meme stocks,” and “disruptive innovator” companies, 2021 ended with stock… Read More >

No, we are not referring to the 1954 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. We are referring to what Fed Chairman Powell seems to be looking through in driving monetary policy. Rear-view driving ends badly; when the Fed does it, the… Read More >

The first half of year was the worst for the S&P 500 stock index since 1970, as it fell by nearly 21%. The technology-heavy NASDAQ index fell by 30%, a record. Many of the most speculative favorites of the prior… Read More >