Concerns over inflation continue to dominate the marketplace. June’s 0.9% rise in core CPI was well above forecasts, as were the April and May prints. Bond yields (which are used to discount risk assets) have oscillated between a high of 1.77% in March to 1.3% recently, as concerns over inflation (and new corona virus variants) have waxed and waned.
As ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing trends have steadily risen, comparing ESG ratings and metrics has become more and more complicated. Over time the process has evolved from a values-based, often exclusionary approach in the 1970s …
Every April, MLB players don Jackie Robinson’s number 42 jersey to commemorate his breaking of the color barrier after Branch Rickey signed him to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. Robinson is rightly celebrated as a gifted baseball player who …
The start to 2021 was among the worst for the broad bond market, and its constituent sectors, in quite a long while. To put this in historical perspective, first quarter 2021 was the 4th worst total return for the Bloomberg Barclay’s Aggregate since …
The year started out on an uncertain note with protestors storming the United States Capitol, emergence of new virus mutations, the uneven distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, and unusual, highly targeted trading activity and stock price manipulation from retail investors involving several companies.
