It is not hard to look back and see that when central banks push money into the system, stocks rise and when they pull money out – they fall. In simple terms, the markets are an inflation valve overlaying a system of innovation. What has changed since December? The Federal Reserve has begun the process of raising rates and now the markets must re-balance based on current sources of innovation and monitor for new injections of currency.
What does this mean for the average investor? We shift to an era of active investing.