Often, it’s what isn’t said that deserves the most attention. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s decision to sidestep the issue of inflation and rate hikes during a central b...
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How Do Federal Reserve Interest Rate Hikes Hurt Your Retirement Savings?
getty The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates again and continues to take an assertive stand against historically high inflation numbers. What’s that doing to your investment portfolio? “Intere...
Don’t Let The Allure Of Bonds Mask Reinvestment Risk
getty With interest rates at their highest in decades, the allure of investing in bonds has returned. With that comes a lesser-known type of risk. It’s called “reinvestment risk.” “The great thing abo...
As Deal Optimism Dies, SPACs May Have Surprising Future As Fixed Income Investments
Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. CEO, Founder and Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya, left, rang … [+] a ceremonial bell in 2017. Now SPACs have lost their shine, and Social Capital intend to...
Fed Minutes Lean on Inflation, Jobs Data For Rate Hike Direction
Updated at 4:20 pm EST The Federal Reserve is likely to use incoming data, as opposed to a preferred policy path, to determine the size of future rate hikes, minutes from the central bank’s July...
This Is Why You Should Ditch Your Bond Funds And Buy Some Bonds Instead
Rising interest rates are very bad for bond funds while individual bonds held to maturity can … [+] perform considerably better. (Photo by Johan NILSSON / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Pho...
Bonds Hint Recession As 50 Basis Point Fed Hike Bets Accelerate
U.S. Treasury bond yields were active again Monday, with benchmark 10-year notes breaching a key technical level that could triggered renewed bets on a near-term recession in the world’s biggest...
Why Is The Bond Market Down?
With all major bond indices in the red, investors with a diversified portfolio may be wondering why … [+] the bond market is down and questioning whether fixed income is doing its job. Darrow We...
Positive Side Of Falling Bond Prices
Getty Images If bond prices move inversely with yields, how can there be any good news in the past few months’ sharp rise in Treasury rates? Andrew W. Lo and Stephen R. Foerster’s recently published b...