May 2024: Around the Bond Market

Short Term Treasuries Offer Higher Income and Stability vs. Long Duration   As interest rates have moved higher, the front end of the curve is offering a combination of high nominal income and interest rate protection. As the graphic shows, 2yr Treasury yields would...

The Market in Pictures, March 15

Our team looks at a lot of research throughout each day. A few charts that caught our eye this week, and the way they fit the unfolding puzzle of evidence:   Brett: Equity valuations had been tied to interest rates in this cycle, but they’ve separated in recent...

Will the Dovish Pivot Stick?

The shift in expectations for future interest rates has become the top narrative of markets. Following last week’s FOMC meeting, markets were thrilled to see the Fed add rate cuts to their Dot plot (SEP Projections) and talk about the potential for rate cuts....
Keeping Client Eyes On the Future

Keeping Client Eyes On the Future

In our recent piece Enhancing Your (Portfolio) Engine, we walked through our logic: Own more stocks, in a risk-neutral way Embrace beta to capture the ups Use volatility to mitigate the downs We think the math behind that combo is a great recipe for successful client...