Fed makes technical rate adjustment

| May 3, 2019 at 12:00 AM

The FOMC made a technical rate adjustment, lowering the Interest on Excess Reserves (IOER) rate to 2.35%, down from 2.40%.

Impatient market runs up against patient Fed

| May 2, 2019 at 12:00 AM

The S&P 500 index fell 0.75% and US Treasuries recouped earlier losses on 1 May after investors settled on a more hawkish interpretation of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

Accumulation: Endgame

| May 1, 2019 at 12:00 AM

Following my last two blog posts about investing before retirement, a reader asked how the framework would work in practice for an investor that is 15 years or so from retirement.