Bond ETFs: Smooth Operators Amidst Volatility
Some investors have been concerned about liquidity risks in the notoriously illiquid fixed-income markets that bond ETFs seek to reflect, but as volatility spiked in the first quarter, the ETF…
3 Long Term Bond ETFs Investors Should Know
One term that bond ETF investors must be familiar with as it relates to their portfolio is: effective duration. This essential characteristic…
3 Major Political Concerns Impacting the Market
The last week has seen a flurry of geopolitical tensions — from US sanctions on Russia to missile strikes on Syria —…
Trade War Talk Tempers Optimism Towards Asia
Investors began 2018 with a generally optimistic view, but this euphoria faded by quarter-end as protectionism and talk of a US/China trade…
Volatility: High Yield Bonds Versus Equities
By Peritus Asset Management Volatility has once again returned to financial markets over the last few months, most visibly with wild equity…
Worried About Everything: Bonds, Stocks, Gold
A recently retired reader friend is worried about, inflation, deflation, bonds, stocks, banks, and gold. My friend is better off than most.…
Hitting ‘the Number’ in Retirement
I’m going to hit the number this year — the one that people often associate with retirement. To be clear, I am not retiring this year,…
Bond Investors Should Not Mourn the End of QE
For nearly a decade, quantitative easing (QE) has been a significant driver of capital markets. Born in March 2009 as a response…
How to Find Quality Growth in a Volatile World
Early this year, concerns over higher inflation and interest rates led to a rise in volatility, and global equity indices ended the…
The Name is Bond, Long Bond
Stories about the death of the bond market have been circulating since 1992. Every one of them has been wrong. Deflationary Period…
CBO Budget Projections Worsen at Alarming Rate
CBO Budget projections are worsening at an alarming rate leaving investors and many others worried for the future of the United States.…