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With Treasury yields on the rise, an 8% mortgage rate looks increasingly likely, a gain that could drive home sales to the lowest level in more than a decade…

With Treasury yields elevated and market observers predicting more rate hikes, the current environment appears inhospitable to gold.

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Studies show that investors feel losses twice as acutely as gains, bear markets carry higher stakes than bull markets. 

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The first few months of 2022 have seen rates rise at the fastest pace since the 1980s as a confluence of known issues collided with unexpected volatility due to the war in Ukraine.   Known issues were actually fairly straightforward before Ukraine.  Issue 1: The Fed's New Inflation Framework In August 2020, the Fed announced a long-awaited change to its inflation fighting strategy.   Applying lessons from the past decade of monet...

May 5, 2021 With Treasury yields soaring, punishing other corners of the fixed income market in the process, advisors have their work cut out for them. Clients may be getting skittish about bond allocations, and the previously trusted 60/40 portfolio mix may not be as valuable as it once was. In other words, it’s easy to see why clients may want to ditch bonds altogether, but it’s crucial for advisors to remind them about the diversification benefits offered by these fixed income products...