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Fed's Williams says rate policy must be patient, data dependent
By Trevor Hunnicutt
SOMERSET, N.J. (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve must be patient and guided by data when considering whether to raise interest rates, New York Fed President John...
Fed Rate Hike: What Does It Mean for Your Portfolio?
The Federal Reserve just raised interest rates again. How might your investments be affected?
Finding Stable Dividends in a Rough Market
In a world of slowing dividend growth and potentially rising interest rates, your dividend investing strategy may need some tweaks.
Fed: What the Rise of Passive Is Doing to Markets
The shift from actively managed funds to passive strategies has amplified some risks to the financial system, while reducing others, according to Federal Reserve researchers.
How to Play the New Hawkish Fed
If you understand what stock market players are afraid of, you can ride the market to higher gains this summer.
Don't Trade Stock Tips or Obsess About the Fed, Read Moby Dick Instead
You need to be inoculated from some strange but popular notions about the economy. After the inoculation—it won't hurt much—you
How sustainable investors impact industries and corporate policies
A new report on sustainable, responsible, and impact investing shows some shifts in the wind.
When Rates Go Up, Do Stocks Go Down?
Should stock investors worry about changes in interest rates?<br>Research shows that, like stock prices, changes in interest rates and bond prices are largely unpredictable.1 It follows that an investment strategy based upon attempting to exploit these sorts of changes isn’t likely to be a fruitful endeavor. Despite the unpredictable nature of interest rate changes, investors may still be curious about what might happen to stocks if interest rates go up.
With low interest rates, are bond ladders still useful?
Many conservative investors invest with a “Bond Ladder.” This means; for example, a portfolio of five bonds where one matures each year for
Why Value Investing Sucks
Indexing, the Fed, private equity: Value investors blame many things for a decade of underperformance. Is their misery at an end?
Be Ready To Profit When The Fed Finally Fails To Suppress Interest Rates
History strongly suggests that interest rates will move upward a lot over the next two or three decades. The timing is not knowable. Highly leveraged investment
Is Life Insurance a Good Investment Now That Stocks Are Surging?
What you need to know about cash-value policies in a bull market.
What feds must do to get a handle on water data
Water resources are being stretched thin in drought-riddled parts of the U.S., but the government doesn't have the data it needs to monitor consumption and plan for the future.
How Wealthy Investors Avoid Losing Money
Follow their lead and craft your own investment policy statement
How the World Is Messing With Investors and the Fed
The world is complicating the Federal Reserve’s plan to increase interest rates. It’s also complicating matters for investors.
How to Make Money Off of the Fed Taper
Kiplinger investing editor Manny Schiffres offers advice on getting your portfolio ready for rising interest rates.
Why are water levels on the Great Lakes fluctuating so wildly?
Rising evaporation rates and changes in precipitation patterns could be driving huge fluctuations in the lakes
Higher Rates = Happy Days?
If your IRR analysis indicates declining NII in a rising rate environment it is important to reevaluate your assumptions to ensure the highest quality measurement of risk.
ProShares TBF ETF: How To Trade A Hawkish Fed
ProShares' TBF is an ETF which is short long-dated bonds. See why I think TBF is a good vehicle to hedge a long duration technology portfolio for rising rates.
How to Forecast Growth in the Age of the Overnight Policy Whipsaw |
Finance and tax departments have little choice but to build forecasting models that can accommodate a number of different variables.
Why water and energy policies do mix, or should
Energy and water are fundamentally connected, yet most policies don't recognize that symbiosis.
