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Brian Arcese, Portfolio Manager at Foord Asset Management, explains how the Foord International Fund’s all-weather approach is positioned for 2026

February ended in dramatic fashion as the United States and Israel launched air strikes on Iran. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, was reported killed. Tehran described the attack as ‘criminal’ and vowed…

January was a stark reminder for investors that geopolitics is more than background noise. The year started with a geopolitical bang and the world’s risk premium rose. Markets advanced through much of the month,…

The year ended as it began: with Donald Trump in the news, investors betting on interest rate cuts, and markets and gold at or near all-time highs. In December, the US Federal Reserve trimmed rates for the third…

Thanksgiving arrived just in time for US investors when the longest government shutdown on record concluded in November. After 43 days without funding — and without economic data — Congress brokered a fragile…

Investors expecting to be spooked in October left with a sugar rush instead. Despite mounting reasons for caution — stubborn inflation, patchy growth, and the second-longest US government shutdown on record —…