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American investors have had to learn about inflation over the past five years. The last time inflation was big in the U.S. was the early...

I like TIPS, especially the longer-dated TIPS. If you are afraid of inflation, this is for you (AND NOT GOLD!)

Stocks have been in a bull market since bottoming out five years ago, but they are rolling over. I have been cautious for quite some time...

There are things that investors who are bearish on stocks can do...

Interest rates are falling (Fed Funds) and rising (anything more than 2 year maturity). Why, and what does this mean for stocks?

While the Federal Reserve has cut rates (Fed Funds), Treasury yields have increased a lot.

Fed Funds has dropped 75 basis points, but the 30-year Treasury Bond has increased in yield by 1 basis point. There is no inversion now.

Stocks have been volatile recently! The S&P 500 looks like it topped in April and it has bounced since that pullback. It's up ahead of...

I am a "stock guy" and no longer the "bond guy" that I was in the 1980s. Still, though, I pay attention to bonds. When I was at Kidder,...