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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 monetary policy, the Fed concluded that the economic recovery would have been better for a w...

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. “Vanguard research found that when stocks worldwide sank an average of roughly 34% during the gl...