bond market – MD Update

Investment Markets: Problem? or Opportunity?

June 1, 2022June 22, 2022 Scott Neal 9% year-to-date, aggregate U.S. Bond market, allocation, asset, asset allocation, asset class, basket of security, bond, bond loss, bond market, cash, cash remains, chief risk, correction territory, drawdowns, entire portfolio, ETFs, federal reserve policy, hold security, image001 image002, inflation, interest rate, investment, investment market, investment protocol, investor, longer-term bond, market cycle, market turn, market-like return, momentum, momentum growth strategy, near-zero interest rate policy, portfolio, portfolio objective, portfolio performance, prescribed allocation, preservation, price of the bond, rate of longer-term bond, reduce volatility, reduce volatility of the entire portfolio, risk tolerance, S&P 500, Scott Neal, specific rate of interest, stock, strategy, tenet of traditional asset allocation, tolerance, towel, traditional asset allocation, traditional asset class, traditional stock, treasury inflation, U.S. Bond, U.S. Bond market, uncertainty of the situation, upside volatility, usual asset class, volatility, wealth, wealth preservation, wealth preservation strategy

The current economy, marked by the combination of high and rising inflation, low unemployment, and the near-zero interest rate policy

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Inflation: The Cause and Effect

December 1, 2021February 15, 2022 Scott Neal 1.75% inflation, 6% inflation, ABCs of inflation, asset, average price of gasoline, bond, bond market, brand_new Z28 Camaro, brand-new model, cause of inflation, Chevy dealer, curve, deficit, double of the cost, dreaded word, fed, flow of wealth, good year, high interest rate, impact of sustained 6% inflation, importance of time-dimensioned goal, inflation, interest rate, long term bond, magnitude of inflation, near-term, near-term impact, near-term impact of inflation, plan scenario, price of good, regular broadcast of the news, result of 6% inflation, rise of price, S&P 500, Scott Neal, show room floor, store of wealth matter, supply curve, sustained 6% inflation, term bond, term rate, time horizon, time-dimensioned, time-dimensioned goal, true impact of the rise, wealth matter, Z28, Z28 Camaro

If you are the one in your family who fills up at the gas pump or shops at the grocery

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A Look Forward

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Scott Neal accommodative federal reserve, accumulated disposable income, actual sell price, big deficit, bond, bond market, buy bond, cash build, charge of long-term rate, curve, data collection tool, deficit, demand curve move, economic detail, economist, economist call wealth effect, face of inflation, Harvard economist estimate, hearty growth, huge pent-up demand, inflation, inflation kick, interest rate, keep interest rate low, long-term rate, low short-term rate, mean high rate, month-over-month, month-over-month growth, movement of supply, negative real return, net of inflation, next major round, next major round of inflation, pent-up, pent-up demand, positive rate of return, rate low, reasonable degree of certainty, rise interest rate, robust increase, Scott Neal, supply curve, unparalleled stimulus, year-over-year, year-over-year comparison, year-over-year number

I don’t suppose that I need to spend a lot of time reminding you that 2020 and Q1 2021 have

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Trumponomics

December 1, 2016March 23, 2018 Scott Neal administration-in-waiting, aforementioned tax plan, ardent publisher, basket of unknowables, big deficit, bond, bond market, budget reconciliation, economic policy uncertainty, economist, emerge economy cause problem, fiscal policy, fiscal policy of Reagan, full replacement of the affordable Care act, government bond yield, high bracket, historical rate of return of security, hoped-for stimulus, impact of decline rate, improve live standard, income deferral, indicator of the future, low top tax bracket, major concern of a trump administration, market hate, new round of uncertainty, next recession, policy priority of the trump administration-in-waiting, policy uncertainty, post-election, post-election ride, potential benefit of a stimulus, pretty well-educated guess, proactive risk control, proper trade deal, protectionist strategy, ramped-up, ramped-up growth, rapid rise of government bond yield, Reagan, Reagan playbook, reduced regulation, reimbursement rate, rise dollar, Scott Neal, spend measure, stock, stock market, stock market 's wild post-election ride, sufficient growth, tax plan, tax practitioner, tax save maneuver, trump, trump administration, trump administration-in-waiting, Trumponomics, uncertainty, underperform stock, unknowables, well-educated guess, work American

It’s still a bit early to say much, but our ardent publisher has asked for a take on Trumponomics and

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A Wild Ride to Nowhere

February 1, 2012 Scott Neal 10 year yield, adequacy of the European stability facility, American Gridlock, bailout fund, Barclays aggregate, big story, bond, Bond index, bond market, broad bond market, buy volume, Commonsense solution, credit downgrade, credit lifeline, debt, default, devastate implication, Dr. Woody Brock, earnings season, European stability facility, Greek debt, implosion of Greek debt, index, industry jargon, Italian bond, Italy 's refinance, Japanese debt issue, market see-sawed, near-breakeven, near-breakeven performance, near-breakeven performance of the S&P 500 index, otherwise recover year, peer council, Portugal sovereign bond, power pick, S&P 500, S&P 500 index, Scott Neal, see-sawed, serious economic disruption, small crisis, stability facility, trade range, wild ride, world 's economy

Last year was one of the most challenging ever for investors and advisors alike. In fact, a member of my

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