Imagine you’re at your local science museum, or one that you visited on a vacation, and getting to the place where they have that huge pendulum… The Pendulum as the Basic Driver of Human Behavior Usually, there’s a crowd of…
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When investing in fixed income, the focus frequently concentrates on yield – how much the investment pays as an annualized percentage of the amount invested. During periods of low interest rates, such as the one we are in now, investors…
Savers have suffered through ultra-low interest rates for what is quickly approaching a lost decade here in the United States. Bank accounts and certificates of deposit have paid next to nothing for nest eggs. The quest for yield has pushed…
Diversification can play a key role not only in a stock portfolio but in fixed income portfolios as well. The whole idea is to avoid putting all your eggs in one basket. While an equity investor may buy various stocks…
The NOB, or note over bond spread, gives traders and investors a means with which to play anticipated changes in the yield curve. The yield curve is simply the difference between short-term and long-term interest rates. For example, the difference in…
Finally, the Federal Reserve has moved off zero and put money in motion with the long awaited and exhaustively discussed rate increase. The quarter of one percent rate is still negligible, with hardly a bump in the markets as per the…
Most market money is not made picking price bottoms or tops, but taking a piece out of established trends. It’s an expensive lesson to learn if you think that a stock can’t go any lower. A sharp price drop is attractive…
Interest Rates can’t stay near zero forever. Here are five things you should know about the interest rate hike: 1) It is coming December 16th – nothing is guaranteed, but all indications are this is a done deal. The short-term…
