The 10-year yield actually dropped this past week. I believe this interest rate reprieve was due to the stock market taking a few hits. During the same time-frame as the weekly change in the 10-year yield, the Dow dropped a…
Tough week as the 10-year yield jumped up significantly. I pasted the graph below depicting the last 5 years; and it is clear that we broke upwards through the trend-line. I read a lot of articles on this; and it…
Ho hum, the FED raised rates last week as expected. Nothing significant came out of their meeting. Looks like we may get another hike in December. And, at this point, it is all a balancing act until we start seeing…
The 10-year yield continued its upward trend this past week. I figured it was time to take a look at the graph over the last five years. It is interesting to see that the yield has increased over 1.6% since…
Just wanted to quickly review the graph below as we have seen the 10-year yield rise up since late August. We had another strong Jobs Report; and it appears we will get another increase from the Fed. As often discussed,…
Interest rates remain fairly stagnant once more. Looks like they were also ready for the holiday weekend. Importance of Being Organized and Efficient: Whether one is an employee, owns their own business, or anywhere in between, it is extremely important…
Once again, we saw little movement in the 10-year yield over this past week. Due to what I do for a living, I sit on a few commercial committees. One of them (AREAA’s (Asian Real Estate Association of America) Silicon Valley…
With the 10-year yield once again quiet, let’s get right into this week’s commentary. When Good Enough May Cost You Time, Money and Clients I took the following from the Kepner Tregoe website on Problem Solving: Addressing risk: Humans have learned…
The 10-year reversed direction this past week. Looking at the graph below, it appears that concerns over Turkey caused the drop through the blue support line around 2.94%. Tariffs, Turkey and expected FED interest rate increases (along with the growing…
The 10-year yield was rather quiet this week in spite of concerns over tariffs continuing. With it being summertime, many may just be preoccupied and hoping such concerns just go away. Business and Somebody’s Watching You: I realize that I…