Category Archives: Rates

Diversification’s Gold Standard

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

I am an advisor with a past, a past managing global bond funds. For over twenty years, I invested in a vast array of markets and bond sectors around the globe. These included sectors like high yield and emerging markets … Continue reading →

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Floating Interest, Not What You Think

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

A theme of the past several years has been the need to protect yourself from the bond market selloff, a selloff that seems to have arrived. The idea that you should protect against this has led to the suggestion that … Continue reading →

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Mind the Curve

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

There is concern about the US treasury yield curve. It has flattened, meaning the difference between long term rates and short term rates has narrowed.  Yields on the two maturities are a mere 35 hundredths of a point apart. Some … Continue reading →

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Bonds: Is a Massive Selloff in Order?

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

The other day there was a video clip in my Twitter feed from a strategist who stated on CNBC that rates were going much higher in the second half of this year. He went on to say that those who … Continue reading →

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