The Federal Reserve is toying with the idea of dialing back quantitative easing (increasing the money supply) in the near future. With this, investors can expect interest rates to gradually begin to rise. Bonds, notes, and many other fixed securities issued at the lower rates of interest will begin to decline in value as investors […]
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The Federal Reserve is weighing a reduction in bond purchases (Quantitative Easing) in the near future which will reduce the growth of the money supply. It’s widely expected that this action will lead to interest rate increases that should have an impact on the value of fixed income securities that private investors could be holding.
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Stock markets have been on a long bull run with only a very few minor pullbacks since March 23, 2020. The government has provided a major amount of stimulus, and this activity will likely continue. But the day will come when the stimulus ends. What happens then? If history is any gauge, we can expect
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What was life like for gladiators in ancient Rome? Thanks to Hollywood, the general opinion of today’s society could be that at least one of the combatants faced certain death depending on the outcome of the engagement and the whims of either the emperor or the crowd in attendance. In reality, their lives were substantially
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The signs we are seeing about the current economic recovery are mixed—in some instances it appears that the recovery is moving along as planned, but other signs point to potential problems. By drilling down closer we may be able to see if the economy is on the right track or recession is just around the
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