{"id":1886,"date":"2018-12-28T20:55:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T01:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2019-04-03T19:55:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T23:55:42","slug":"columbus-strategy-report-january-2019-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/columbus-strategy-report-january-2019-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Strategy Report \u2013 January 2019 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below you will find the Columbus strategy highlights for this month.\u00a0 For more insights and a detailed discussion, including to get the monthly portfolio allocations, please <a href=\"http:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/mp-files\/2018-12-28_columbus_rebalance_report.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Un-Bear-able Volatility<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>December tested what volatility and risk means to the unprepared, and how the tug-of-war between fear and greed affects our emotions at the detriment of our portfolio.<\/li>\n<li>Since <strong>Columbus got out of stocks in October<\/strong> and shifted to a prudent allocation, we experienced very little volatility during December. This paid off handsomely.<\/li>\n<li>For 2018, Columbus <strong>outperformed every one of its benchmarks<\/strong> while experiencing less volatility, achieving a loss of only 3.7% while our world allocation benchmark (GMWAX) is down 7.6%. Columbus also compared favorably with our 60\/40 balanced stocks\/bonds benchmark fund (VSMGX) down 5.4% for the year and the S&amp;P 500 ETF (SPY) also down 5.4% over the same period.<\/li>\n<li>As emphasized last month, this is the <strong>time to be prudent and not take undue risks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Please read Section 6 in the report to get the full story.<\/li>\n<li>For more insights on the behavior of market tops and how to proactively manage risks, please read our special report published on October 14, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/mp-files\/2018-10-14-keep-calm-and-follow-the-data.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keep Calm and Follow the Data<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On behalf of the Laplace Insights team, I would like to wish you happiness, health, and prosperity for the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how Columbus navigates this market, please <a href=\"http:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/mp-files\/2018-12-28_columbus_rebalance_report.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>download the report<\/strong><\/a> and read the discussion in section 6.<\/p>\n<p>Please don&#8217;t hesitate to <a href=\"http:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/contact\/\">contact me<\/a> should you have any questions.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Marc and the Laplace Insights team<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below you will find the Columbus strategy highlights for this month.\u00a0 For more insights and a detailed discussion, including to get the monthly portfolio allocations, please download the report. Un-Bear-able Volatility December tested what volatility and risk means to the unprepared, and how the tug-of-war between fear and greed affects our emotions at the detriment [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1886"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2238,"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886\/revisions\/2238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laplaceinsights.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}