Interest Rates

Hawkish Turn by the Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve made a hawkish turn this week in the direction of attacking inflation. Here’s our take on what that means for stock investors.

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Bond Allocation

Managing Interest Rate Risk In Your Bond Investments

We are talking about how to understand how interest rate risk in bonds work. Are bonds always a source of income and stability? Let’s see!

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Interest Rates

More Stimulus and Interest Rates – Does one lead to the other?

Will more stimulus lead to higher interest rates? Many factors influence the interest rates in the economy.

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The 100 Year Loan

What’s driving the ability of Austria to issue 100 year bonds as extremely low interest rates? It’s the same policies that have driven stocks higher.

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Are Negative Rates Coming To The US?

Are negative interest rates coming to the United States? The Federal Reserve says “no” but we wouldn’t write the prospect off just yet.

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Alternatives Performance - 5

Alternatives Are Not Just
Miscellaneous Investments

MICHELLE SMALENBERGER, CFP® With this week’s events we are reminded again that it is important to pay attention to every investment in our portfolio, not just the current winners that are outperforming. The market just absorbed the 4th Fed rate hike announced on Wednesday.  We got another quarter point increase in interest rates by the…

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