US Bonds

So much for Guidance… Fed up…

We can thank the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) Chairman, Ben Bernanke, and his comments on tapering of quantitative easing for the ongoing volatility in capital markets. In May 2013 he hinted that the US$ 85 million per month bond purchase will be reduced aseconomic recovery in the U.S. may be satisfactory to implement reduced stimulus. This comment may send US bond

The Rise and Fall of US Bonds

The performance of government bonds is obviously related to the movement in interest rates. However, the movement in interest rates can be very long term in duration and distort asset allocation models indefinitely. Over the past 65 years since the last time we were at 2% US government bond rates in 1948, or 6 o’clock

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