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How to Switch to Safety With Bonds and Bond Funds Let's see how to invest in bonds as a way to maintain safety amid threats of rising rates. Stocks quotes in this article: MBB I'm often asked about trade ideas that I've mentioned in my columns. Many readers, however, aren't actively trading bonds or bond funds, and instead buy them for the traditional reasons. But with the risk of increasing interest rates, many are now seeking ways to maintain safety without just going to cash and earning nothingHere are my best ideas ... Read the...

We can see a hawkish shift in recent weeks, and here's how I see this playing out as talk of quantitative easing tapering picks up.

Consumer Price Index Hike Shocks, but Doesn't Tell Whole Story The CPI jumps an eye-popping 4.2%, but a lot of noise is included in that number. May 12, 2021 | 01:39 PM EDT The Consumer Price Index jumped a stunning 4.2% in the 12-months ending in AprilThat's the highest print since oil prices were topping $100 in 2008. Even excluding volatile food-and-energy prices, consumer inflation rose 3.0% in the past yearWhile everyone has been expecting short-term effects to push inflation higher for some time now, the CPI re... Read the full story and get access to the R...

Betting on higher inflation is not a good wager. There are better places for investors to put their money if the economy booms. Let me explain....BLK

"The economic outlook is fairly good, as long the Fed keeps its foot on the pedal," said Randy Frederick, vice president of trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab. "The market has finally accepted that they will." The Fed has kept short-term borrowing rates near zero since early in the Covid-19 pandemic, and has continued to buy at least $120 billion of bond-related assets each month. The asset purchases have pushed the central bank's balance sheet to nearly $8 trillion, or about double its level since the crisis began. Financial markets, though, have been leery that with economic data get...