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The Most Confused Identity In Your Portfolio: High Yield Bonds

This article was originally published on Forbes on March 13, 2018. High yield bonds, also known as “junk” bonds, have always had an identity crisis. They show up in our…

Best Bond Investing Strategies for Today’s Retirees

We have been talking about interest rates with our clients at Glassman Wealth Services for years now, as historically low rates have retirees and those who rely on income from…

The Surprising Drop in Interest Rates: Good or Bad for Investors?

2013 was not that long ago. While only three short months have passed, what a change of seasons we’ve had in the bond market. You see, coming into year end,…

The Best Way to Invest in Bonds in a Rising Interest Rate Environment

Bonds are a familiar asset class to most investors, and, at Glassman Wealth Services, they are part of our clients’ portfolios. While bond funds have done well in the past…

State & Local Governments Still Struggling

Fewer than 18 months ago, Meredith Whitney put municipalities on notice for their poor fiscal health. In a scathing 60 Minutes interview, Ms. Whitney declared there would be “hundreds of…

What Are Investors Up To?

Individual investors continue to move out of stock and stock funds and are now heavily underweight equities in favor of bonds according to the American Association of Individual Investors. Allocations…