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Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields rise as banking concerns ease
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U.S. Treasury yields rose as conditions in the banking sector continued to stabilize and investor concerns receded.
Fixed Income Insights
Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Banking concerns overshadow another Fed rate hike
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U.S. Treasury yields fell further, despite a rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve, as concerns over the banking system continued.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Banking uncertainty weighs heavily on bond markets
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U.S. Treasury yields continued to fall steeply amid heightened economic and financial uncertainty.
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Weekly Fixed Income Commentary: Treasury yields fall on a flight-to-quality rally
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U.S. Treasury yields fell sharply after Silicon Valley Bank surprisingly failed on Friday.
Fixed Income Insights
Return of the Bond Market: Better Income Opportunities?
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Most investors incorporate bonds into a portfolio to provide diversification. Unfortunately, a smoother return path has not held true in recent years. But now the market has recalibrated, and yields have reset higher. Higher yields mean higher future returns. And for the first time in a while, you can make the argument that bonds provide true competition to stocks.
Behavioral Finance
Direct Indexing and the IKEA Effect
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The “IKEA effect” describes a cognitive bias that happens when people put in some form of labor to complete a project or finish a creation. Direct indexing won’t solve the behavior gap, but it has the potential to create better investor behaviors by allowing investors to play a larger role in the portfolio-building process.