With minimal effort, we can get you a 4.5% in a money market fund or 5% on a 3 month CD. Where things get trickier is when people ask “why don’t I dump all my stocks/bonds and sit in cash at 5% until the market feels safe”?
What’s Eating Bonds?
In this post I look at how bond prices have reacted to recent Fed policy changes
What’s the Fed up to These Days?
Fed’s toolkit in fighting inflation – what can they do, what have they done so far, what are they likely to do in the near future.
2021 Mid-Year Review
S&P 500 has been steadily trending up all year and hasn’t been too far from all-time highs.
2019 Review: Significant Events and Major Asset Classes
Reviewing major stories of 2019 and how they affected the major asset class performance
Stocks vs. Bonds – Defensive Play Calling
We look at which bonds do best in stock market downturns. Higher quality (especially Treasuries) and longer maturity bonds are better at defense.
2019 Mid-Year Review
Some observations from my performance spreadsheets on how things are going year-to-date in various investment areas
2017 Review: Asset Classes & Bonds
Reviewing 2017 returns of asset classes, factors & bonds
Bond Market Overview: Corporates
A look at the U.S. Corporate Bond universe, both Investment Grade (IG) and High Yield (HY) parts of the market
Bond Market Overview: Size and Growth
In this article I continue analysis of the U.S. Bond Market by putting it in context with dollar figures and growth statistics for various issuer types.