Federal employees are often unsure about what happens to their health insurance when they retire. There is confusion regarding premium payments, integration with Medicare, and whether or not retirees can even keep FEHB. It is important for federal employees thinking about retirement and federal retirees to understand how the program works in retirement. First and […]
read more »Diversified, risk-managed, low cost, and tax efficient: These are the primary characteristics that most investors look for in a portfolio. But checking all of those boxes can be a little tricky when so many traditional investments seem to share downside correlation. Finding an asset mix with low correlations can help protect against volatility or even […]
read more »The trade dispute between America and China has been on the headlines for quite some time, and for good reason at that. It not only has been a dramatic sequence of events, it also has begun to affect both economies, as well as the worlds economy. This has caused investors and analysts to speculate […]
read more »The trade war between the United States and China has been escalating day by day. With each new development, there comes new troubles. Troubles that may have been previously foreseen, but new troubles, nonetheless. As our governments continue to debate back and forth, many of us on the home front are getting the raw end […]
read more »Last March saw the yield curve inverted by one basis point when the three-month Treasury bill yield surged above the ten-year Treasury bond yield. It was the first time since 2007 that this magnitude of yield curve inversion has occurred. While the yield curve has been flat lining for many years now, it was not […]
read more »Monthly Energy Letter April 2019 The Month’s Market Highlights Last month oil prices rose, reaching a six-month-high. Brent North Sea quality opened the listings at $69.22/bbl and closed at $71.68/bbl, while West Texas Intermediate crude started the quotations at $61.74/bbl, closing at $63.56/bbl. On April 24th, the European and Asian benchmark gained its maximum at $74.59/bbl, whereas […]
read more »The U.S. China Trade War & How it Will Affect Americans If you have been watching the news in recent weeks, then you should at least be aware of the escalating trade war we are currently involved in with China. Well, for those who are not aware, our two countries do quite a bit […]
read more »There have been many developments in the economy as of late. Not just domestically but abroad as well. The yield curve drama, the complications with the Brexit and the European Union, and many other dramatic events in the political domain. This first fiscal quarter of the new year has been interesting to say the least. […]
read more »There has been a lot of talk about the yield curve in the past two weeks. What it says, what it means, and how it is going effect us. But what exactly is the yield curve? And why do we need to know it? Well that’s what we are here to find out. The yield […]
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