Market Commentary | May 19, 2023

Market Commentary | May 19, 2023 Old Currency is New Again History has a tendency to repeat itself and, at times, it can be a long, frustrating process. On May 3rd, the Federal Reserve raised rates for a 10th time bringing the target rate back to the highest level it...

Market Commentary | April 17, 2023

Market Commentary | April 17, 2023 Purgatory at the Point of Inflection About a year ago, in our search for yield that was safe in a rising rate, inflationary environment, we identified a multi-billion-dollar pool of fixed-to-floating rate preferreds we could buy at...

Market Commentary | January 12, 2023

Market Commentary | January 12, 2023 The World Repriced Investors have removed their rose-colored glasses and now perceive the world through a glass, darkly. The overarching optimism that opened 2022 is all but gone. In 2022, the S&P 500 delivered a negative 18.1%...

Market Commentary | December 13, 2022

Market Commentary | December 13, 2022 Is inflation dead? This morning the Labor Department reported November’s month-over-month core inflation of just 0.1%, far below the forecast rate of 0.4% and, annualized, below the Fed’s 2.0% target rate. The Fed is expected to...