This week’s chart comes from yours truly. For much of the year, and especially so since Treasury yields broke to new lows after the Brexit vote, the “safe” high yielding stocks like Utilities, Consumer Staples and Telecom have been tracking daily changes in the bond market – not the stock market. If bond yields move…
“Safe” Stocks Not Looking So Safe Anymore
“Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1” -Warren Buffett The most important part of investing is to avoid losses. This is why I so often use this blog to talk about the risks I’m seeing. If you can avoid the landmines and diversify among the rest, you’ll do pretty well. What…
Say Hello to Your New “Synthetic” Corporate Bonds
Investors have been “starved” for yield for years now and unfortunately interest rates aren’t going up anytime soon. When looking at individual bonds, investors get to choose between high quality bonds at paltry yields or junk-rated bonds that look attractive but come with a slew of bad risks that often aren’t understood or appropriate for…