Basis Points

On this week’s episode of the Basis Point’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan discusses a variety of reasons for the recent drop in the Treasury 10-year yield.

Basis point: 1/100th of 1 percent.

On this week’s episode of the Basis Point’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan reflects on the first half of the year and provides an outlook on the market and economy as we continue into the second half of 2021.

Basis point: 1/100th of 1 percent.

On this week’s episode of the Basis Point’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan discusses whether investors should be considering Federal Reserve (“Fed”) exit strategy protection for their fixed income portfolio and potential portfolio shifts to consider so there aren’t any Fed surprises lurking out there.

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Basis point: 1/100th of 1 percent.

On this week’s episode of the Basis Point’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan wonders if liftoff could be pushed up again by the Fed. He further discusses his main takeaways from the Fed meeting and the market’s outlook for the next year.

On this week’s episode of the Basis Point’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan “connects the dots” from yesterday’s Fed meeting. He discusses his main takeaways from the meeting and the Fed’s possible exit strategy from their unprecedented accommodation.

Another week of lower than expected jobs report numbers and Fed Chair Powell breathes a sigh of relief. On this week’s episode, Kevin Flanagan discusses the significance of the buzz around inflation and the impact that may have on upcoming Fed decisions.

Investors received an interesting surprise with discussion of “tapering” in the April FOMC minutes. On this week’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan discusses who is beginning to hint at tapering, who might be next, and what we can expect at the next meeting.

The release of April’s CPI and PPI reports caused a stir in the money and bond markets last week. On this week’s episode, Kevin Flanagan continues his discussion on inflation and addresses the state of the consumer sector of the economy.

On this week’s podcast, Kevin Flanagan is joined by Chris Acito, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Gapstow Capital Partners. They discuss Alternative Credit, why the time might be right for it, and the newly launched ETF, the WisdomTree Alternative Income Fund (HYIN).

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Digging deeper into the investment opportunities in the Emerging Markets space, Kevin Flanagan and JD Bütikofer of Voya Investment Management discuss why Emerging Markets Corporate Bonds and why now.