Professional Roles: Thornburg Investment Management, Vanguard, Laventhol & Horwath Education: MBA, Drexel University Education: BS, Accounting, Villanova University Certification: Chartered Financial Analyst
We think it’s a good time to buy bonds because: The markets’ irrational exuberance about rate cuts in 2024 has been exercised. We started the year expecting 6-7 rate cuts, which dwindled to 2-3 in...
Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) have grown from 3% of the total Municipal Market to approximately 23% market share in the last decade (as of 3/31/2023). Mutual funds, on the other hand, make up...
When my three daughters were little, they loved Easter egg hunts. As I’m sure many of you also do, we’d put candy in plastic Easter eggs and hide them around the house. My high-energy oldest daughter...
It’s the Friday before Memorial Day, a national holiday honoring all those who died while serving in the U.S. military. It’s also seven days before the United States hits the default wall. The...
I saw this headline on Bloomberg today: "I Put Faith in These Guys: Vanguard Clients Decry Tax Debacle." It got me thinking about the risks embedded in fixed income mutual funds — especially...
Financial markets continue to oscillate, testing investors’ nerves and patience. As professional investors with decades of experience — including investing through bear markets and full interest rate...
Since opening our doors at City Different Investments, it is finally time to say— segments of the fixed income market are starting to get interesting! The fixed income markets have endured a...
by Chris Ryon, CFA, & Sweta Singh – Portfolio Managers
In 2021, investors poured a record amount of cash into the municipal bond market, hoping to seek shelter from tax hikes expected as part of President Biden’s “Build Back Better” social spending and...
Some of our clients are concerned with the stock market's valuation and are searching for lower-risk options for protecting their gains.
The following is an excerpt from a longer article, Rechecking Our Inflation Predictions: Inflation is Here - But for How Long?
On November 3, the Federal Reserve Bank announced it will begin tapering bond purchases later this month – reducing monthly Treasury purchases by $10B and mortgage-backed securities by $5B. While the...
It’s probably time to worry about inflation for real. But as someone who’s run two bond desks (Thornburg and Vanguard) through thick and thin, and currently manages muni and other fixed income SMA...
