📑 Research Notes for 2022-05-30
This week, we look at the recent market retracement, the Fed's Q1 balance sheet, credit market conditions, and activity amongst venture capital funds.
We conduct extensive investment research and share the most interesting content that we come across every week. Here is a curated list of this week’s top observations.
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Market Volatility Not Over, JPMorgan Warns.
Meera Pandit, JPMorgan Asset Management global market strategist, sees a mix of positive and negative news facing markets going forward.
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Fed Carrying $330 Billion in Unrealized Losses on Q1 2022 Financial Statement.
The U.S. Federal Reserve is carrying $330 billion in unrealized losses on its holdings of U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities as of the end of March, according to newly released financial statements showing the impact of rising interest rates on the market value of the Fed's balance sheet.
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The Credit Market Hasn’t Cracked Yet.
The worst instances of this occur when the credit market comes unstuck, as it did in the financial crisis of 2007-09. Although credit investors have endured unusually sharp losses recently and as the asset class undergoes a painful repricing, credit markets are not veering into dysfunction.
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Which Startup Investors Pulled Back The Most So Far In 2022?
Interestingly, far from pulling back on the number of investments they’re making, the most active startup investors in recent years have done more deals this year than last. SoftBank Vision Fund, Tiger Global and Insight Partners are all up significantly when you count the number of deals they did between Jan. 1 and May 24, 2022, compared to the same time period in 2021.
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Last Week’s Market Performance Heatmap
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Curated by Joseph Lu, CFA®
Joseph is the founder and managing director of Conscious Capital Advisors and a CFA® Charterholder.
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