City Different Investments

Last week, the Fed announced that it would not raise the Fed Funds rate in September. By our way of thinking, though, they left the door open for future increases (data dependent). This left us pondering whether the current Fed Funds Rate is restrictive or not (we think that many of the talking heads are suffering from recency bias, or we may be...

WEEK ENDING 9/22/2023

We have long written about the two periods when the municipal bond market organically generates the most cash flow into the market — the January / February period and the June / July period. These are the periods when most municipal bonds pay interest and mature. Also, the municipal market tends to screech to a halt between Thanksgiving and New...

WEEK ENDING 9/15/2023

WEEK ENDING 9/8/2023