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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 covered small caps, worked recruiting members for a large hedge fund community and freelance financial journalism. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic Park NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal ID. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: Most of my portfolio is in I mostly purchase broad-based ETFs, mutual funds or individual bonds - I do this for performance reasons and to avoid any potential conflict of interest or occasional receipt of insider information. I will disclose if I have a stake in any company, but in general I have few stocks and I avoid any trading especially around topics I am covering.