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How to Protect Against Inflation

How to Protect Against Inflation

By Ian Mahmud • 28 Aug, 2024
With inflation easing and the US economy showing some signs of weakness, the market is now turning its attention to a potential rate cut.
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Midyear Bond Update

By James Ho • 28 Aug, 2024
..by mid-May signs of cooling inflation ignited a bond rally. Bond prices rose sharply and pushed down the yield on the 10-year US treasury note.
Bond Market Update

Bond Market Update

By James Ho • 16 Jan, 2024
The Federal Reserve's fight against inflation appears to be finally paying dividends. Here is a recap of yield levels this year.
Bond Market Update

Bond Market Update

By James Ho • 18 Oct, 2023
Interest rates continued to march higher in the third quarter. In July, the Federal Reserve raised the Fed Funds rate for the tenth time...
Bond Market Update

Bond Market Update

By James Ho • 25 Jul, 2023
Interest rates resumed their uptrend in the second quarter after having declined earlier this year. The yield curve remains extremely inverted.
Bond Market Update

Bond Market Update

By James Ho • 19 Apr, 2023
Here is a recap of yields in the first quarter. The Fed is caught between maintaining financial market stability and controlling inflation.
Bond Market Update

Bond Market Update

By James Ho • 13 Feb, 2023
Signs of stronger growth could hinder the Fed's effort to cool inflation. Prices need to slow more significantly, or higher rates may be in store.
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Bond Market Corner

By James Ho • 24 Jan, 2022
The bond market continued to surprise investors during the fourth quarter. These are just a few strategies to protect against higher interest rates.
Why the Inflation Rate Doesn't Tell the Whole Story

Why the Inflation Rate Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story

By Ayaz Mahmud • 26 Jul, 2021
Markets, economists and policymakers have been fretting about inflation for months, worried that the trillions of dollars being spent could overheat the economy and send prices soaring. URL
US Economic Revival

US Economic Revival

By Ayaz Mahmud • 16 Apr, 2021
March PMITM data indicated a substantial increase in business activity across the U.S. service sector, and one that was the steepest for almost seven years. Contributing to the marked upturn in output was the fastest expansion in new business for six years, reflecting strengthening client demand.
The Bond Market Corner - Fall 2020

The Bond Market Corner – Fall 2020

By James Ho • 20 Oct, 2020
In the third quarter, other than a modest steepening in the yield curve, the bond market essentially marked time. The 10-year US treasury note ended the third quarter at .69% versus .65% at the end of June. The two-year treasury declined from .15% at the end of June to .13% at the end of the third quarter. In September the equity market corrected with the Nasdaq declining as much as 10% during in the month.
The Bond Market Corner - Summer 2020

The Bond Market Corner – Summer 2020

By James Ho • 31 Jul, 2020
The year 2020 started off with continued strong economic growth fueling the equity market to new highs. Bond yields remained low as inflation continued to be muted. Then the Coronavirus Pandemic hit and threw everything out of kilter.
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