“Volatility scares enough people out of the market to generate superior returns for those who stay in.”
– Jeremy Siegel, Professor of Finance at The Wharton School
The year has started with volatility that we haven’t seen in the last two years, and it continues as I write this letter. There are two primary narratives driving current markets:
- A possible China/global trade war and,
- A broader technology stock selloff due to backlash over privacy/data lapses, and concerns over government regulation of the largest tech companies.
I will spend some time discussing both topics.
