Our 4th Quarter Newsletter Is Here

We've published our 4th quarter 2016 Newsletter, which includes a new blog post by Richard Schroeder, CFP® and his thoughts on strategies for managing college expense payments.    Click here for the full newsletter that went out to our digital subscribers.   To subscribe to our digital content, enter email address here: [yikes-mailchimp form="1" submit="SUBSCRIBE"]...

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Our 3rd Quarter Newsletter Available Here

We've published our 3rd quarter 2016 Newsletter, which includes a new blog post by Richard Schroeder, CFP® and his thoughts on the future of bond returns.   Also a great piece from CFP.net on global market volatility.   Click here for the full newsletter that went out to our digital subscribers.   To subscribe to our digital content, enter email address here: [yikes-mailchimp form="1" submit="SUBSCRIBE"]...

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Future returns on bonds may be disappointing

U.S. Treasury yields hit their lowest levels in U.S. history in recent weeks. The yield on a 10-year Treasury security hit a new low of 1.32% a few weeks ago (it has since increased to 1.56%). That was the lowest rate on such bonds in 227 years. Even at that rate Treasuries are “high yield” relative to some other major government bonds. In the United Kingdom the rate recently was just 0.8%, while yields on 10-year German and Japanese bonds are negative. Negative yields mean that buyers are paying the bond issuers in order to hold their bonds! The rates on corporate and municipal bonds have also declined along with long-term government bonds. The Federal Reserve – which raised short-term rates from zero to 0.25% last December – has been stymied in its campaign to keep raising rates by events such as Britain’s recent vote to exit the European Union. The New York...

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