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CJM Video Market Update: January 2022
Portfolio Research Director, Kevin E. Donovan, CFA, gives updates on 2021 and outlook for 2022.
Kevin’s Corner: One Person’s “Junk Bonds” are Another’s Treasure
With the Federal Reserve getting ever closer to finally increasing interest rates, bond investors have been looking for categories that will offer some measure of protection from the expected decline in bond prices that comes with higher yields on Treasuries. One asset class that seems to be set up to weather a slow rate of interest rate hikes by the Fed is high yield bonds. Also known by the unfortunate name of “junk bonds,” high yield bonds are issued by companies that have a below-investment-grade credit rating. These companies need to pay a higher interest rate on [...]
Kevin’s Corner: REITs – Leading the Pack Again
It has been seven years since we emerged from our last recession. The broad stock market indexes have performed extremely well over that time to reclaim their record highs but one sector stands out by leading all other asset classes in returns for five of the past six years and through the first half of 2016 – real estate investment trusts (REITs). Asset Class Returns Source: JPMorgan Asset Management REITs invest in all areas of real estate – apartments, retailers, hotels, healthcare facilities, warehouses, etc – and have benefitted as real estate values and occupancy rates have [...]
Social Security Update
Source: Social Security Administration Starting in August 2016, Social Security is adding a new step to protect your privacy as a my Social Security user. This new requirement is the result of an executive order for federal agencies to provide more secure authentication for their online services. Any agency that provides online access to a customer’s personal information must use multifactor authentication. When you sign in at ssa.gov/myaccount with your username and password, we will ask you to add your text-enabled cell phone number. The purpose of providing your cell phone number is that each time you log in to your account with your username and [...]
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