Thing One Should You Invest in Bonds Now That Interest Rates Are Up? For much of the last decade, this was a pretty easy question to answer. Owning bonds paying 2% when stock returns were substantially higher didn't make much sense. But as of September 18, the U.S. Treasury yield curve looked roughly like this: 1-Year Treasury: 4.44%2-Year Treasury: 4.76%5-Year Treasury: 4.86%10-Year Treasury: 5.01%30-Year Treasury: 5.34% Those are meaningful yields, particularly fo

Thing One A Shameful Experiment The Name Of Equity Last week, we talked about the severe negative impact that the lack of education is having on American students - on a macro level - while the people in charge focus on the wrong “problem”. This week we highlight the issue on a micro level using an example from San Francisco. This sad tale about a generation that local system has failed, without any accountability, is a reminder we should be more careful about choosing

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