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Farnam Street Investments July 2022 Commentary: Boy, That Escalated Quickly…

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Jacob Wolinsky
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Farnam Street Investments commentary for the month of July 2022, briefly discussing their investment game plan.

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Investment sentiment shifted dramatically during the first half of 2022. The S&P 500 is off to its worst start since 1970. It’s not just equities. U.S. government bonds are tracking toward their worst year since 1865. Yes, back when the United States was still using Greenbacks to finance the Civil War. Today’s ubiquitous Federal Reserve Notes were a five-decades-hence twinkle in a central banker’s eye. This year is shaping up as one for the record books.

The ever-popular “60-40” stock-bond portfolio1 has been shellacked by rising interest rates, rampaging inflation, and fears of recession. In...

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Jacob Wolinsky is the ex-Founder of Valuewalk.com (founded 2011, sold 2023). He is founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a hedge fund focused intelligence service for institutional investors. Prior to founding Valuewalk, Jacob worked as an equity analyst covering small caps, a micro-cap analyst, doing member development a large hedge fund community and freelance financial writing. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal id. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: I almost exclusively avoid the purchase of equities to avoid conflict of interest and any insider information. I only purchase broad-based ETFs and mutual funds. I will disclsoe if I have a stake in any company, but in general avoid