Corona Correction II

Late last week financial markets appeared to be attempting to stabilize. That changed on the weekend when Saudi Arabia and Russia failed to agree on oil production cuts which has caused oil to fall dramatically in value.

This new development added more uncertainty to an already nervous market. The result was one of the worst days for the stock market since the Great Recession of 2008. Obviously days like Monday are difficult for investors but, there is a silver lining. Many high quality companies are at attractive valuations. These are discounts we have not seen for a long time. We have the opportunity to buy these companies when they are cheap and benefit from the current situation.

While we wait for such opportunities our bias towards income producing investments will allow our portfolios to continue to generate cash flow while we go through this difficult market period.

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