Treasury Yield Jitters

Treasury Yield Jitters

“I’m still trying to process why long-end interest rates are increasing.─ Austan Goolsbee, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoSeptember 2023 The Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index is the most well-known benchmark for the U.S. bond market. Over the past 20...
Flipping the Playbook on Short-Term Treasuries

Flipping the Playbook on Short-Term Treasuries

“For on one side lay Scylla and on the other divine Charybdis terribly sucked down the salt water of the sea. Verily, whenever she belched it forth, like a cauldron on a great fire she would seethe and bubble in utter turmoil, and high overhead the spray would fall on...
Winter is Coming: Signs of an Impending Recession

Winter is Coming: Signs of an Impending Recession

“Winter is coming.” ─ Ned Stark, “Game of Thrones” In the investment world, “winter” can be viewed as a synonym to recession, and, technically, winter is always coming at an uncertain point in the future. However, a number of recent economic signals highlight...