by Boston Financial Management | Oct 28, 2021 | Market Commentary
 by Jay P. Nicholls, CFA®| Director of Trading Executive Summary Interest rates have been falling for decades, but investors still need income Increasing income comes at a cost of increasing risk A selective allocation to higher-yielding segments of the bond market...
by Boston Financial Management | Aug 17, 2017 | Market Commentary
Karen R. Bottar, Ph.D., Director of Fixed Income & Managing Director The U.S. has experienced a long period of very low interest rates, which were constructed by the Federal Reserve to help pull the economy out of the great recession of 2008-2009. Yields across...
by Boston Financial Management | May 18, 2017 | Market Commentary
Brad Weafer, CFA, Chief Investment Officer  The week started off well for equity markets. The S&P 500 index was up 0.5% on Monday, closing at records highs over 2400. Tuesday started off strong as well, notching intraday highs in early trade. Confounding many...
by Boston Financial Management | Dec 14, 2016 | Market Commentary
Interest rates have been in a secular decline for 35 years. November 2016 signals the low in yields and is depicted in the 10-Year Constant Maturity graph in Figure 1. The chart below depicts this decline since 1980. For those who may not remember, Paul Volker was...