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The Long View – Rates, GDP & Challenges
by Lance Roberts, Clarity Financial There has been much debate about the current low levels of interest rates…
March 24, 2017
What Happens To Bond Prices When The Fed Hikes Rates?
by Ryan Detrick, LPL Research The sharp move lower in the 10-year Treasury yield yesterday after the Federal…
March 21, 2017
Doug Drabik: Fed hike flattens yield curve
by Doug Drabik, CFA, Fixed Income, Raymond James The Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) raised short-term interest rates by…
March 21, 2017
The Fed’s Window of Opportunity
by Carl Tannenbaum, Asha Bangalore, Northern Trust The Federal Reserve spent a good portion of last year talking…
March 17, 2017
Bonds pleased with Fed rate hike
by Scott Grannis Today the FOMC raised its target Fed funds rate to 1.0% as expected. However, Treasury…
March 17, 2017
3 Things: Fed Hike, Fed Late, Fed Miss
by Lance Roberts, Clarity Financial Future’s So Bright, We Gotta Hike Rates “The simple message is the economy…
March 16, 2017
Third time's a charm
Third time's a charm by Brian Schneider, Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of North America Rates, Invesco Fixed Income† Invesco…
March 15, 2017
The Fed’s Rationale for Raising Rates
by Carl Tannenbaum, Asha Bangalore, Ankit Mital, Northern Trust As recently as a week and a half ago,…
March 13, 2017
Do markets care about a March Fed hike?
by Benjamin Streed, CFA, Fixed Income, Raymond James Mark your calendars for next Wednesday the 15th (aka the…
March 7, 2017
Time for a Rate Hike
by Brian Wesbury and Robert Stein, First Trust Portfolios According to the futures market, there is a 38%…
February 22, 2017
When the Chair Speaks, the Market Listens
by Ryan Detrick, LPL Research Ask fixed income investors what keeps them up at night, and they might…
February 17, 2017
Fed Up – A Look Behind the Curtain
by Michael Lebowitz, 720 Global Research Danielle DiMartino Booth, a former Dallas Federal Reserve official, released a new…
February 15, 2017
The Demon in Demonetization
by Hans-Jörg Naumer, Global head of Capital Markets and Thematic Research, Allianz Global Investors Pieces in the cash…
February 10, 2017
4 Threats to Prosperity, Part 1
4 Threats to Prosperity (Part 1) by Brian Wesbury, First Trust Portfolios - Conventional wisdom is up in…
February 8, 2017
Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged
by Liz Ann Sonders, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Strategist, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Key Points The…
February 3, 2017