Archive for February, 2019
GAFFNEY: MENTAL RENEWAL
MENTAL RENEWAL
How does globe-trotting, award-winning diversified fixed income manager Kathleen Gaffney stay mentally fresh? We asked her.
Kathleen Gaffney recommends two guided meditation podcasts:
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES AVAILABLE IN CASH
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES AVAILABLE IN CASH
CASH COUNTS
- Best performing asset class 2018
- 3 month T bills +1.9%
- Cash can provide a positive return
- Competitive rates available
RAISE YOUR OWN RATES
- Higher rates available than savings accounts at commercial banks and most brokerage firm cash accounts
YIELD BOOSTERS
- Savings accounts at online banks offer +2% yields, Federally insured up to $250,000
- Short term U.S. Treasury yields are +2%<
INVEST WHERE OTHERS FEAR TO TREAD FOR INCOME AND APPRECIATION: EATON VANCE’S KATHLEEN GAFFNEY
If you were to name places in the world where you wouldn’t consider investing today what comes to mind? How about Venezuela where the economy is in ruins, the president discredited and the opposition mounting? Or a specific company in this country like Pacific Gas and Electric, PG&E for short, the California utility that filed for bankruptcy and bore the physical and legal brunt of the recent devastating California wildfires? Those are fertile ground for contrarian investors or just traditional value investors who look for opportunities where others fear to tread.
Globe-trotting Eaton Vance bond manager Kathleen Gaffney looks where others are fleeing for higher total returns.
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Top-Rated Research Team Members Assess the Prospect for the Economic Expansion’s Longevity
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NO MATTER HOW TEMPTING, AVOID MARKET TIMING
NO MATTER HOW TEMPTING, AVOID MARKET TIMING
MISSING OUT
- If out of U.S. stock market for 25 best days between 1970 and 2015 returns reduced from +1,910% to +371%
- If out of UK stock market for just 2 quarters since 1900 cumulative real returns reduced by + 50%
- If out of U.S. market for just 2 quarters since 1900 returns reduced by + 66%
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