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Here you will be able to find communications from the RIM team as well as helpful resources and articles.

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2022 Q2 Market and Economic Outlook

Stocks are still expensive, but momentum is clearly negative. Arguably the biggest driver of higher asset prices – loose monetary policy - is not only ending, but shifting into reverse. The economy appears to be weakening even as the Fed raises rates, but high inflation will keep the pressure on the Fed to keep rates higher.

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2022 Q1 Market and Economic Outlook

Some of the highest flyers that led the market up and that had the most of their value far off in the future (by virtue of little to no earnings today) have been leading the way down. Rising housing costs, rising fuel prices, rising food prices and potentially less opportunity to use one’s house as a source of debt capital if home prices quit rising will pressure other consumer spending and investment flows

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4Q 2021 Market and Economic Update

What is an investor to do in a very richly valued market with low but rising interest rates and high uncertainty? As always, be careful and have a plan. Make sure you are diversified, and know why you own what you own.

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RIM 3Q 2021 Economic and Valuation Update and Outlook

While predicting the direction of the economy looks hard here, analysts are clearly optimistic about corporate earnings, foreseeing strong profit growth for the foreseeable future. Investors are willing to place rich multiples on these rosy projections, driving the market to extremely high levels when using historical metrics (trailing EPS, book value, size of the economy, replacement cost, etc). This market has been driven on easy money and speculation, but there are signs the speculative fervor is starting to cool. “Buying the dip” has been a profitable strategy since 2009, so this slight decline could be ephemeral. This strategy does not always work, however - sometimes the supposed dip is just the first part of a major plunge. It is impossible to confidently predict when that will happen, but the conditions are in place. Investors are wise to be cautious.

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2021 Q1 Market and Economic Outlook

There are many ways people are now trying to get rich quick, armed with floods of money from the world’s central banks. When the focus of wealth creation is speculation and not work or creation and the timeframe is weeks or months and not decades, times are likely to be challenging ahead. On the other hand, there is still incredible new technology being developed, and creative new approaches being tried.

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