We’ve all grown up on proverbs. We like them because they explain life’s truths in a pithy way. For example, “Rome wasn’t built in a day” reminds us that creating good things takes time. Another, “There is no rule without an exception,” reminds us that no rules, even when stated as proverbs, are a hundred …
The Double-Whammy Decade A bond is an investment in which an issuer (an entity borrowing money) pays regular interest payments to an investor (a person or entity lending the money). The arrangement is completed in the future when the issuer pays back the original principal (borrowed money) to the investor. In this arrangement, the interest …
Who wouldn’t want to see a road sign which points you in a direction of where the economy, interest rates and the markets are heading? Some may even prefer a crystal ball, others will attempt to be a bit more analytical in their approach by looking at a graph of the Treasury yield curve. The …
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