Insights Library
Research, analysis, and best practices crafted to refine and reinforce the RiskFirst narrative
Research, analysis, and best practices crafted to refine and reinforce the RiskFirst narrative
Commentaries

Q2 2025 | Drawdowns, Rebounds, & the Value of Discipline

Q1 2025 | From Stress to Strength

Q4 2024 | From Rally to Reality

Q3 2024 | Rate Cut, Now What?

Q2 2024 | Concentrated Gains, Disperse Risks

Q1 2024 | Tip Offs and Tipping Points

Q4 2023 | Subtleties of Success and the Shadows of Risk

Q3 2023 | Creating a Risk Framework

Q2 2023 | Prolonged Phases, Promising Prospects

Q1 2023 | Finding Alpha in the Next Level

Q4 2022 | Forced Change, Ignite Progress

Q3 2022 | A Path to Break Tradition

Q2 2022 | The Cost of Inertia

Q1 2022 | Realizing Uncertainty

Q4 2021 | Indeterminate Values

Q3 2021 | Past Accepted, Surprises Expected

Q2 2021 | The Consequences Are Always Unintended

Q1 2021 | Intellectual Honesty – A Valuable Trait

Q4 2020 | A Wrinkle in Space and Time

Q3 2020 | The Best Lines Are Odd Non Sequiturs

Q2 2020 | The Illusion of Price, The Opportunity of Return

Q1 2020 | The Math of Loss & The Art of Calm

Q4 2019 | Why Hindsight Should Not Be Your 2020

Q3 2019 | The Fulcrum of Investing Reality – Return vs. Risk

Q2 2019 | Yesterday’s Headlines Not Necessarily Tomorrow’s Problems

Q1 2019 | Climbing Paradox Mountain

Q4 2018 | Rewarding An Investor For Discipline and Risk Management

Q3 2018 | An Investor’s Internal Trade War

Q2 2018 | Finding the Path of Least Resistance

Q1 2018 | How Risk and Volatility Are Different

Q4 2017 | An Equity Rally Surprising Even to Itself

Q3 2017 | Equity Risk Complacency

Q2 2017 | Act, Think, or Wait

Q1 2017 | Is Imagination Better Than Reality?

Q4 2016 | The Statistician and The Speculator

Q3 2016 | A False Sense of Calm

Q2 2016 | Redwood Commentary

Q1 2016 | Redwood Commentary
Market Snapshots

Cutting to the Chase

Dollar Down, Diversification Up

Margin Mentality

Diverging Directions

Inflation's Encore

Tilted Without Trying

Rally With a Price Tag

Ready, If History Repeats

High Five For Treasuries

Heights With Headwinds

Small Caps, Big Energy

Overseas Outpacing

Market Symmetry

Fair or Frothy?

Buckling Buck

From Hedge to Headache

Technical Test

Beyond the Big Shots

Bullish with a Seatbelt

Back to Back to Back

Bear in Mind

Crossing The Line

Patience In The Pattern

Discount Across the Pond

Retirees Red Zone

Mind the Backdrop

Tripped on the 200

Storm After the Calm?

The Magnificent Correction

Trump, Tariffs, and Turbulence

Worldwide Wins

Borrowing Beyond Growth

The Perilous Power of One Stock

Historical Market Valuations at Inaugurations

Risk Without Refuge

15 Years of Waiting

Third Time's the Harm

Wrong Again…

The "New Normal"

Trillion-Dollar Trends

The Deficit Dilemma

Will the Wave Hold?

Market’s Premium Problem

Caution Amid the Momentum

Riding the Election Wave

Same Stocks, Different Stories

Market Peaks, Priced Cheap

Elections: More Buzz Than Bite

Job Openings & Stocks Decouple

Mortgages Drop, Stocks Pop

Easy Money Already Gone?

Positive Patterns, Lingering Risks

Concentration Concerns

Big Cash, Little Impact

Market's Mood Swings

Diversified or Just Duplicated?

Trend or Trouble

Intel's Investment Lesson

Rate Cut Winners

CPI Turns Negative

Record Performance Gap

Historical S&P 500 Returns in 2nd Half of Year

Peak Size, Peaked Returns

Inflation Leads, Interest Rates Follow

Interest Rate Expectations Impact on Stocks

Market Cap Concentration Cautions

Buy & Hold’s Lost Decades

Fed's Inflation Flashback

Peaks and Pauses

Shifting Results = Poor Results

Win by Not Losing

Good Earnings, Bad Trends

Navigating New Norms

Inflation Stuck Above Fed Target

Stocks Rise Despite Rate Cut Hopes Cooling

630 Days Inverted: Length Matters?

Emotional Investing Pitfalls

Stretched Valuations Warrant Caution

Cash Returns Almost as Much as Bonds Over Decade

Risk Reality Check

Frequency of "Fat Tails"

At Highs, But Risks Still Exist

Redefining "Core Bonds"

Public Failure

Unsustainable Outlier?

Tales In The Treasury Curve

Eggs in One Basket?

Can’t See Past Our Noses

Fourth Year In a Row

Unveiling Market Breadth

Reality Check

Post-Cut Conundrum

Why Pontificate?

Concentration Navigation

Tax Loss Opportunity?

Drawdown Doctrine

Cooling Job Market

The Unpredictable Path Ahead

Shaking Up Safety

Another Historical Drawdown?