by David Wagner | May 11, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates, Market Updates
I’ll start off by reposting JD’s message from the most recent monthly note – it’s a must read on how to mentally handle the current volatility – Thinking Well. Two Parts today: Assessing the Market Carnage and Volatility in the Market, and Some Firepower to Help...
by David Wagner | May 3, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates, Market Updates
For today’s musing, I’m just going to throw some thoughts out there regarding the current market – so my rants may be all over the place. The end of each day feels as if we are coming out of the boxing ring after a bout with Mike Tyson. The whipsaws in the market, the...
by John Luke Tyner | Apr 29, 2022 | Blog, Bonds, Macro Updates
Decomposing Bond Yields Let’s first think about the components of a bond’s yield. At the simplest level, Treasury yields are simply the average expected Fed funds rate over the maturity plus a term premium. A good portion of the recent move in rates has been a direct...
by Derek Hernquist | Apr 15, 2022 | Blog, Bonds, Macro Updates
Flashing back a year, when bonds felt a bit more alive than dead. Originally posted in our Content Hub last March but the concepts remain important… Rates Are Moving Interest rates – just look at what the yield (the interest rate) of 10-year...
by John Luke Tyner | Apr 13, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates
U.S. consumer prices rose in March by the most since late 1981. The consumer price index increased 8.5% (2.2% of the headline number can be attributed to energy) from a year earlier following a 7.9% annual gain in February. The month over month inflation gauge rose...
by David Wagner | Mar 31, 2022 | Blog, Macro Updates
This Aptus Musing will piggy-back John Luke’s take on the yield curve inversion. As we all know, it’s one thing to know what is going on in the market, but another to know how to position off of it. Given that every situation tends to be slightly different, the...
