by newcente | Oct 10, 2024 | Fixed Income Markets, John D Wolfsberg, Market Commentary, Uncategorized, What's New
September Jobs Report Triggers Shift in Interest Rate Outlook October 7th, 2024 BACKDROP OF SEPTEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE MEETING After consecutive months of weaker jobs data, the Federal Reserve reduced its benchmark interest rate for the first time this interest rate...
by newcente | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog, Fixed Income Markets, In The News, Uncategorized, What's New
February 9, 2017. By John Wolfsberg: After bottoming in the first half of 2016, interest rates rose sharply in the fourth quarter following the surprise victory of Donald Trump in the U. S. presidential election. Rates had entered the quarter on a slow upward...
by newcente | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog, Fixed Income Markets, In The News, Uncategorized, What's New
October 31, 2016. By John Wolfsberg: With the Brexit vote behind us and investor concern over repercussions of Britain’s vote to leave the EU diminishing, the bond market turned its focus to the underlying fundamentals of the US economy. Economic data for the quarter...
by newcente | Aug 2, 2016 | Blog, Fixed Income Markets, Uncategorized, What's New
August 2, 2016. By John Wolfsberg: The market seemed to have regained its appetite for risk assets as we entered the second quarter. Oil prices had recovered from the multiyear lows of the first quarter, and investors began to feel confident that the economy would...
