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The Fixed Income Brief: Flash Dance

The flash move for Treasuries this week shows the jitters of fixed income investors, worried of the impact of stimulus and potential inflation.

2/28/2021 Market Commentary

The Fixed Income Brief: Go Big or Go Home

This week shows an improved valuation of the asset class given the moves in underlying Treasury yields, making fixed income investments more attractive. Will this trend continue?

2/21/2021 Market Commentary

The Fixed Income Brief: The Fix Is In

Fixed income markets are digesting the stimulus as both a positive for the economic recovery it brings and also the drawbacks of the massive debt being added to our deficit.

2/14/2021 Market Commentary

The Fixed Income Brief: Bond Investors Yield to Snow Blindness

The fixed income market remains in a push-pull state of flux between anticipating normalcy and the continued pandemic reality.

2/7/2021 Market Commentary

The Fixed Income Brief: GameStop Surges, Yields Pullback

As most of the market attention is on the Reddit / GameStop saga, fixed income investors tuck in for more immediate harsh realities the economy is facing and spreads pullback.

1/31/2021 Market Commentary

The Fixed Income Brief: The Next 100 Days

Fixed income markets remained relatively calm this week as the new administration begins its 100-day plan, with investors still weighing how policies will affect their portfolios.

1/24/2021 Market Commentary

The Fixed Income Brief: Pace Yourself is Powell’s New Year’s Resolution

Fixed income investors are anticipating additional stimulus but fear inflation on the back of increased government spending; Powell reiterates that bond market programs won’t be tapered soon.

1/17/2021 Market Commentary

The Fixed Income Brief: Senate Goes 50/50 and Rates Rise

Who said 2021 was going to better than 2020? 2020 vibes are still lingering out there as investors are already looking towards the back half of 2021 for some sense of normalcy and recovery for the pandemic to be well ...

1/10/2021 Market Commentary

The Fixed Income Brief: Turning the Page on 2020

We made it. We’re in the 2020 holiday season and for many reasons people could not wait for this year to end. Fixed income investors hope to see another year with these types of positive YTD returns again…but maybe not ...

12/20/2020 Market Commentary