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Welcome to the Interest Rate Prediction Business, JACK!

February 26, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

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Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack jumped over the…you know how it goes. As investors stomp their feet because stocks are going down (the horror), let’s not forget what’s happening to bonds. Anyone who reached for yield on the 30-year Treasury is learning about duration—basically, for every one percent increase in rates, bond prices drop, in percentage terms, by the years of maturity.

In other words, if rates go up, long-term bonds get killed by a factor many times worse than short-term bonds. It’s pretty easy to hold short-term bonds to maturity, in times like these, and handle the volatility. Not so much when you’re sticking your neck out 30-years on the curve.

How about preferred stocks? Hey, I get why investors have been gobbling ‘em up, but let’s be real. They act like bonds, have a perpetual maturity (LONG), and get slammed when rates go up. Talk about playing with fire…

Source: Google Finance

It’s why you need to become familiar with Dick Young’s North Star. This is not a good look. Adjust accordingly. RISK is HIGH.

How about the belly of the yield curve? Not pretty. What are we talking about, a percent and a half on the 10-year Note? Not much of a hurdle, like jumping over a candlestick, but realtors want it LOWER. Come on.

And Century 21 isn’t alone. Big-spending big dogs (or is it lap dogs?) in D.C. demand low-interest rates to maintain their profligate spending. When I was at Babson, the hurdle rate was many times higher than today. When everyone’s reaching for yield and playing the stock market—look out.

Action Line: Never be in the interest rate prediction business. Instead think about crafting a portfolio based on your needs, not your wants. Remember, the harder you work—the harder you work. Markets don’t really care.

Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

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