Monthly Newsletter May 2022

Feature Story

Global Equity markets are now going through their 6th week of losses in a row. The greed & fear index has swung to the "Fear"-end of the spectrum in a very short period of time, and we are trading at very oversold levels. We always say that timing the market is less important than time in the market to achieve long term wealth generation, but after a 20 to 30% drawdown, the first buyers with a longer-term investment horizon are coming back to the market.

The Kristal Investment Committee (IC) met in the first week of May for their monthly review across asset classes and market categories. We want to share some of the highlights to help investors navigate these uncertain times and periods of extreme volatility in global asset prices. Click here to read more.

Learner's corner: Global Investment Opportunities in Private Markets and the Statutory Landscape.

An informative video for those looking keenly at private markets but are still undecided. Topics covered in the video are as follows:

• Understanding Private Markets
• Typical structures for making outbound investments
• Ideal portfolio allocation towards Alternative Assets
• Private Markets: Opportunities, Challenges and Mitigant

World Wide Wisdom: Is QQQ Still A Tech Growth ETF?

Nasdaq has been the most sought-after index for investors seeking growth. QQQ, the ETF tracking the index is down 27% on a YTD basis. Will it go down further or is the worst behind us? A insightful piece by www.seekingalpha.com is shared here to help you get some clarity.

• Investors think of QQQ as being a tech growth ETF based on its last 20 years of performance. But nothing in QQQ's index design ensures that will continue.
• Analysis of QQQ's holdings verifies that roughly 75% of its stocks by weight are indeed what investors think of as tech stocks.
• Analysis of the historical and forecast growth rates of QQQ's stocks find that their EPS growth rate has slowed almost by half though their valuations remain high.

For full article click here

Word on the street:

When inflation is high, the best thing you can do is ‘be exceptionally good at something’

Warren Buffet

Tip of the month

In times of high market volatility, which we think will persist for another 6-12 months, Investors may consider refuge in income-generating assets to ride out stormy periods. In the ETF space, we are looking towards short-term Treasury or high-quality corporate bond ETFs, while for sophisticated and accredited investors we have various options in form of money market, short-term corporate bond funds, REITs or market-neutral arbitrage Hedge funds available to reduce overall drawdown risk in the portfolio. To find out more about our investment options sign up today.

Thanks again for your time.

Kristal Monthly Newsletter May 20, 2022