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The Maturity Schedule of the Fed’s Balance Sheet
January 3, 2020
A look at the maturity schedule of the Fed's balance sheet
A look at the maturity schedule of the Fed's balance sheet
The current U.S. economic expansion is the longest on record at 126 months, but how does it compare to previous expansions in terms of economic growth and market returns?
The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index ended 2019 with a market value of almost $57 trillion. This can be broken down by security type, country of origin, currency, rating and maturity.
Investors were hard-pressed to find a major asset class that went down in value in 2019.
Core sticky CPI continues its march higher, while the flexible components of core CPI are essentially unchanged over the past year.
In the 50 days ending January 3, the average correlation of an S&P 500 stock to the index itself stands at just 0.16.
Joe Biden still leads the betting markets for the Democrat nomination, but Bernie Sanders holds the edge in the first couple primaries.
Trump’s approval rating rose to a 2.5-year high in the wake of the impeachment vote.
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A look at stock total returns on an inflation-adjusted basis since 1881
The Fed’s reaction to the disruption in repo markets shows how hard it will be for policymakers to reverse their “money printing.”
As another decade comes to a close, we look at the 10-year annualized returns of some of the major asset classes.