Fears of a bear market are subsiding and investment portfolios seem more stable this week. There’s a reason for this, as Zachary Karabell of Envestnet explains for CNBC. Jeff Gundlach, who has a history of accurate market predictions, thinks investors shouldn’t worry about the Federal Reserve raising interest rates. His latest market forecast charts the likelihood of a rate hike. In fact, the Fed is currently considering the impact of negative interest rates on the economy. Russ Koesterich discusses negative interest rate policy and how it could affect your portfolio.

What Happened To The World Coming To An End?–  Just a couple of weeks ago on Wall Street, it looked like the world was ending, the market was crashing and all was lost. Now, it looks like the world is safe again.  “There’s a feedback loop of noise and bias to the downside within the professional investing/trading/media world. Every single time we have a downturn, people go to the narrative of the the worst-case scenario,” said Zachary Karabell, head of global strategy at Envestnet. “It’s a familiar pattern.” Read more…

Jeff Gundlach’s On The Global Economy, Stock Market And Interest Rates–  Jeff Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine, held his latest webcast on markets and the economy, called “Connect the Dots,” on Tuesday.  Gundlach has been very accurate in his predictions over the past few years.  This article in Business Insider summarizes the big takeaways from his Tuesday presentation.  Read more…

The Investing Implications Of Negative Interest Rates–  It’s hard to miss all the media mentions lately surrounding negative interest rate policy.  A handful of developed countries across the globe–including Japan–have implemented negative interest rates, as the chart below shows, and the Federal Reserve is analyzing the implications of moving the U.S. federal funds rate into negative territory too.  Russ Koesterich, Chief Investment Strategist at BlackRock, explains how negative interest rates could impact portfolios. Read more…

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