expat investment

By Peggy Creveling, CFA, and Chad Creveling, CFA​

Volatility in global markets picks up sharply as investors’ worry grow and discontent spreads. Talking heads on financial news programs discuss uncertainty over economic forecasts while U.S. treasury yields plunge and crude oil and gold prices rise and fall. For expatriates trying to manage their long-term portfolios, there are times that financial news flow and market volatility can be particularly unsettling.

By Chad Creveling, CFA, and Peggy Creveling, CFA

Volatile markets make for challenging times for investors. Wild swings in the market can trigger a roller coaster of emotion as investors understandably fear destruction in portfolio value and a loss of financial security. The news media, with eyeball-seeking urgency, stridency, and sense of catastrophe, serves to heighten the fear and the impetus to take action.

By Peggy Creveling, CFA, and Chad Creveling, CFA​

U.S. tech stocks are up one day and down sharply the next. European stocks fall on reduced profit expectations. Global stock markets warm to a thaw in the trade war. China’s muted stimulus lowers hopes of a new stock market rescue. Bond funds are hit by the biggest withdrawals in several years. Talking heads on cable financial networks argue about asset price bubbles and the likelihood of a market correction.