What’s in the News: On Friday, August 26th, Federal Reserve Chairwoman, Janet Yellen, signaled the possibility of an interest rate hike in the near future: “I believe the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened in recent months. Of course, our decisions always depend on the degree to which incoming data continues to confirm... Read more »
CIP Quips
Moody's Baa Index Yield at Lowest Level Since 1950's
Published on Aug 16, 2016
What's in the news: Investment grade corporate bond yields are currently at the lowest level since the 1950’s. This is concerning to income oriented investors as higher yields are becoming harder to find within the investment grade space. Source: Bloomberg The Moody's Baa Index yield is at its lowest level since 1957 What are we thinking? We... Read more »
Global Negative Bond Yields
Published on Aug 2, 2016
What's in the news: The global flight to safety continues as some of the world’s most developed countries experience lower bond yields on both short term and longer dated maturities. Slower growth and tumbling inflation expectations will likely put central banks between a rock and a hard place as they face more quantitative easing and discover the... Read more »
S&P 500 at Highs, U.S. Treasury at Lows
Published on Jul 19, 2016
What's in the news: S&P 500 is at highs and the U.S. Treasury 10 year yields are near record lows post-Brexit Source: Bloomberg What's are we thinking? Investors don’t typically turn to the safety of bonds at the same time they buy stocks. Could extremely low yields be causing investors to seek returns in riskier assets, like stocks?... Read more »
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News and Recognition
- May 23, 2019: Jason Benowitz, CFA was quoted in the Reuters article, “Best Buy keeps full-year view, warns of higher prices from more tariffs”
- May 3, 2019: Jason Benowitz, CFA was quoted in the Bloomberg article, “If This Is a Tech Bubble in Stocks, It's the Expansionary Phase”
- May 2019 The Director: "Charting the Course" by Vicki Fillet