Category: Investments

What’s in this article: The current state of AI investment and integration: a productivity boom Is AI experiencing mania? AI bubble risks Coldstream’s AI outlook AI: boom or bubble?   Artificial intelligence (AI) dominates headlines these days, but how can investors distinguish a clear signal amid the noise? AI is already affecting the global economy, [...]

The term “volatility” often carries a bit of a charge because it’s common for investors to conflate “volatility” with losses or danger. But volatility and risk are not synonymous, and understanding what volatility is and the role it plays in an investment strategy can help investors make smarter decisions. What is volatility? Volatility is a [...]

What’s inside: The AI Revolution Running into a BRICS Wall Difficult Demographics Trust in a Digital World Going Beyond Human Renovating Real Estate A Food Reboot A Developing Consumer Debt Crisis Financial Nihilism A Return to the Real World Every generation experiences normalcy bias, an all-too human tendency to expect that conditions will remain normal [...]

Quarter Highlights Stabilizing Global Growth Amid Evolving Trade Dynamics Despite recent macroeconomic, policy, and geopolitical challenges, global economic resilience is strengthening. Investor attention is shifting from U.S.-centric growth to a more diversified global perspective. U.S. Tariff Policy Presents Ongoing Growth and Inflation Risks While recession fears have eased, lingering tariff threats and policy uncertainty may [...]

Coldstream is excited to share its MarketCast for the third quarter of 2025, where we discuss the events of the second quarter of 2025. This short video presentation offers commentary and analysis of the market and economy, examining the factors influencing the environment and shaping the landscape. In this MarketCast, Chief Investment Officer Bryan Shipley, [...]

Money is personal. How much we earn, what we have, and how we spend is often and easily tied into reflections of ourselves and, often in our culture, our identities. When it comes to something so intimate, we may know what decision logically would make the most sense, what action in concept we should be [...]

Coldstream is excited to share its MarketCast for the second quarter of 2025, where we discuss the events of the first quarter of 2025. This short video presentation offers commentary and analysis of the market and economy, examining the factors influencing the environment and shaping the landscape. A quick note: this MarketCast was recorded based [...]

The market volatility that we’ve seen recently as a result of the Trump administration’s tariff announcement is naturally generating anxiety among investors. Although we all understand the risks of investing, it can take investors by surprise when market shocks occur. But as both investment professionals and students of markets and economies, we are well prepared [...]

Often, one of the first things an investor will do when meeting with an advisor is to take a risk tolerance assessment or questionnaire. You’ll fill out a few questions about your attitudes toward risk and your comfort with volatility, and you’ll receive a “risk tolerance score,” intended to indicate how much risk—or equity exposure—you [...]