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As inflation gets real, advisers ponder strategies
While the Fed continues to call inflation transitory and temporary, financial advisers are bracing for the reality of higher prices and lower yields.
Energy, financials, real estate sectors riding inflation wave
Investors are betting that fiscal and monetary policies will continue to fuel inflationary pressures.
Climate change fight is adding to global inflation scare
Industries from glass to steel to autos are being left with little choice but to change how they make products and ultimately what they sell. The technical hurdles and investment involved mean it’s going to cost much more.
Worry, but don’t worry too much about inflation
Inflation is the major focus of market watchers thanks to a host of unique and unfamiliar circumstances that include record government stimulus spending.
Yellen says higher interest rates would be ‘plus’ for US, Fed
The Treasury Secretary said President Joe Biden should push forward with his $4 trillion spending plans even if they trigger inflation that persists into next year and higher interest rates.
The inflation conversation
By failing to adequately explain how inflation, compounded over time, significantly reduces our spending power, we leave clients vulnerable to the false assumption that the income they have today will still be adequate in 10 or 20 years.
Rising inflation? Keep calm and invest in equities
If price pressures are picking up, cash and fixed income will suffer, and stocks could offer investors the best return.
Specter of 1960s inflation haunts U.S. economy today
The U.S. is seeing a supercharged federal budget combine with a lax monetary policy posture, just as in the 1960s, when the combination led to the start of a years-long climb in inflation.
Advisers walk fine line when managing client cash
Staying ahead of inflation in a low-yield environment can mean taking on more risk with emergency cash positions. The shortest-term certificates of deposit are yielding less than 65 basis points.
Market volatility focuses attention back on inflation risks
The historic government spending, combined with wage pressures, could be the catalyst for runaway inflation, according to experts. The S&P 500 Index, which is still up 9.5% from the start of the year, fell by nearly 4% early this week.
Signs of inflation are roiling asset markets
The most-recent round of U.S. corporate earnings calls showed the word inflation was back in vogue, with its usage rising 800% from a year ago.
Market watchers say inflation risk is real
The Biden administration's record-setting government spending is seen as a path to higher inflation.
Warren Buffett sees ‘red hot’ economy with creeping inflation
The Berkshire Hathaway CEO attributed the faster-than-expected recovery to swift rescue measures by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. government.
Are 60-40 portfolios leading investors over a cliff?
The big increase in the U.S. M1 money supply could lead to inflationary pressures that will increase risks for the fixed-income portion of a 60-40 portfolio allocation.
Bond traders are terrible at timing Fed rate hikes
In late 2008, amid the financial crisis, traders expected several Fed hikes in the following couple of years, but central bank officials didn't tighten until 2015.
Bond ETFs hammered by growing inflation bets
Price pressures are expected to rise now that Covid-19 vaccines are being rolled out and given the prospect of more fiscal and monetary stimulus.
Americans worry inflation will make retirement unaffordable
59% of those surveyed by Allianz believe rising costs will prevent them from enjoying life in retirement
Early estimate puts 2021 Social Security COLA at 1.3 percent
That adjustment for next year would be small, but higher than previously expected
Treasuries indicate the Fed is getting an edge on inflation
Inflation-adjusted rates on 10-year Treasuries and U.S. households' rising inflation expectations are among the signals that the central bank's efforts are working
The rush to hedge inflation sparks a run on TIPS
Managers have been snapping up trades like TIPS as a cheap hedge against disruptive inflation in 2020
