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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Hikes Are Here
As Powell and the FOMC began their assault on stubborn inflation this week with their first rate hike since 2018, market participants question whether they are too late to act, and if so, will the…
March 20, 2022
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Lift Off
Next week will bring the first in a series of expected rate hikes this year as Chairman Powell and the FOMC assess the inflationary impacts of the Russia/Ukraine conflict and the ongoing…
March 13, 2022
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: “V” for Volatility
With Russia-Ukraine and the global spillover, inflation, and the changing Fed, there is no shortage of volatility catalysts in the market this week. The two-year chart this week even looks like a V.…
March 6, 2022
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Powell vs. Putin
First, we want to extend our thoughts to those who are impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This Brief is meant to discuss the impacts of all events on bond markets, but we do so without…
February 25, 2022
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Hut, Hut, (Double) Hike?
What was a boring week for bond investors headed into Thursday’s CPI data release became a bit more exciting as the probability increased that the Fed will move rates higher and faster than…
February 13, 2022
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Gesundheit – It’s a Global Affair
When the Fed sneezes, global rate markets tend to catch a cold. This week rates were sent higher on the back of higher global inflation data and the path set out by Powell and the FOMC last week.
February 6, 2022
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Powell Be Nimble, Powell Be Quick
At this week’s FOMC meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Powell cemented the first of a series of rate hikes will begin in March. Between the geopolitical situation in the Ukraine, political situation in…
January 30, 2022
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: Bat Out of Hell
As we mourn the passing of Texas-born, 70s rock singer, Michael Lee Aday – better known as Meat Loaf – investors are mourning the loss of their two main guideposts: The Fed and the U.S. Federal…
January 23, 2022
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Market CommentaryBond Markets

The Fixed Income Brief: That Was Fast – Rates Higher
Minutes from the FOMC meeting in December showed a much more aggressive stance towards unwinding stimulus in the coming month, leaving fixed income investors to reprice their expectations for rate…
January 9, 2022