Gerald Asplund 10/28/24 Gerald Asplund 10/28/24

Asset Allocation: Where have we been?

Highcroft Wealth Shield has preserved capital during the bear market.

Gerald Asplund 5/10/24 Gerald Asplund 5/10/24

Asset Allocation: Where have we been since 01/01/2022?

Highcroft Wealth Shield has preserved capital during the bear market.

Gerald Asplund 1/4/24 Gerald Asplund 1/4/24

Asset Allocation: Where have we been?

Highcroft Wealth Shield has preserved capital during the bear market.

Gerald Asplund 7/14/22 Gerald Asplund 7/14/22

Recession, Stagflation, and Falling Stock Prices

Two quarters of negative GDP growth in a row is the standard definition of a recession.

Gerald Asplund 4/1/22 Gerald Asplund 4/1/22

Bear Trend Likely to Continue?!

Stock markets broadly are in a bear trend, exhibiting lower highs and lower lows.

Gerald Asplund 3/11/22 Gerald Asplund 3/11/22

Global Stock Market Breakdown

Stock markets are breaking down globally, entering bear trends.

Gerald Asplund 3/6/22 Gerald Asplund 3/6/22

Coming Recession?

GDP is crashing and the bond market’s yield curve is falling fast, historically two recession signals.

Gerald Asplund 1/21/22 Gerald Asplund 1/21/22

Wealth Shield Update - Stop Out to Cash

Our rules based trailing stop discipline has shifted the majority of our allocations to cash and bonds.

Gerald Asplund 1/10/22 Gerald Asplund 1/10/22

Could the S&P 500 Fall -50% in 2022?

High Inflation could cause stock prices to fall dramatically.

Gerald Asplund 12/31/21 Gerald Asplund 12/31/21

The Everything Bubble

The Fed has created a bubble in real estate, the bond market, and the stock market through money printing and artificially holding interest rates low.

Gerald Asplund 12/30/21 Gerald Asplund 12/30/21

Markets Losing Momentum in the midst of an Epic Bubble and a Halt to the Printing Press?

As the markets lose the support of the printing press it is important to pay attention to a possible break in trend and to a possible recession.

Gerald Asplund 10/1/21 Gerald Asplund 10/1/21

SEE-SAW: THE TECH BUBBLE AND A PIVOT TO VALUE

Avoid the bubble, shift to the other side of the see-saw and avoid excessively valued stocks.

Gerald Asplund 4/11/21 Gerald Asplund 4/11/21

VALUATION UPDATE

Stock market valuations have reached epic levels

Gerald Asplund 3/31/21 Gerald Asplund 3/31/21

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

Technology is in a bear trend in multiple categories.

Gerald Asplund 3/29/21 Gerald Asplund 3/29/21

VALUATION UPDATE 2021 Q1

Excessive money printing can lead to a major stock market correction.

Gerald Asplund 7/23/20 Gerald Asplund 7/23/20

STOCK MARKET RETURN -13% WITHOUT A HANDFUL OF STOCKS

If it wasn’t for a small number of mega cap stocks the 2020 stock market return is negative.

Gerald Asplund 7/16/20 Gerald Asplund 7/16/20

HIGHCROFT WEALTH SHIELD PROTECTS ACCOUNT VALUES

Highcroft’s Wealth Shield discipline helps to prevent capital losses.

Gerald Asplund 4/30/20 Gerald Asplund 4/30/20

VALUATION UPDATE 2020 Q2

Although the stock market has had a big correction, valuations remain in record high territory.

Gerald Asplund 3/31/20 Gerald Asplund 3/31/20

HIGHCROFT WEALTH SHIELD PROTECTS CAPITAL Q1 2020

While the stock market has crashed our investment accounts have not.

Gerald Asplund 3/28/20 Gerald Asplund 3/28/20

BEAR MARKET RALLIES

Some of the quickest and largest stock market rallies are during bear markets.