#investor-behavior

#investor-behavior

You have probably heard about voluntary carbon offset-if not from elsewhere, from buying plane tickets, where, after you have paid for the ticket, the tax, the seats, maybe the luggage fee, and the priority boarding, you have an option to also pay to offset your carbon footprint. Companies get to do this, too, and, unlike you, they get to brag about it.

Access to alternative investments is expanding in ways that were almost unthinkable a decade ago. Evergreen funds and interval funds now offer individual investors exposure once limited to larger institutions. On the surface, that looks like progress: more tools to work with and more ways to build resilient portfolios. But when access expands this fast, complexity tends to follow. And that is exactly what investors face today.

June's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.3% month-over-month and 2.7% year-over-year-higher than expected-while the Producer Price Index (PPI) unexpectedly stalled at 0.0%. These figures suggest that while price pressures remain on the consumer end, they may be easing on the production side.

The Dow Jones rose 396 points, for a 1% gain, on Tuesday, as investors mostly rotated out of the tech sector, favoring the 30-company index.

Historically speaking, geopolitical issues like war typically cause oil prices to rise and uncertainty in the market, pushing investors into safer assets like U.S. Treasuries.

"This week, we got a new coin. Donald Trump has finally been effectively bullied, and it is something that all good Americans must acknowledge and celebrate."

Sustainable investment funds faced a historic quarter, with global net outflows of $8.6 billion in Q1 2025, marking a stark shift from recent inflows.