FLGV News and Press, Franklin Liberty U.S. Treasury Bond From 12/23/20

Prior to the pandemic, Europe was facing unique challenges, including keeping the bloc together amid rising populism, uneven economic growth, troubled banking systems, Brexit, and more. While the core of Europe was likely facing prospects of negative interest rates for an extended per...

The world currently has $18.1 trillion in negative-yielding debt, which is a boon and a godsend for the nations and corporations that have it. It is a "Borrower's Paradise" and a "Fixed Income Investor's Hell." All across the spectrum, the compression to Treasuries is taking place. Th...

What does being optimistic mean from an investment perspective? It means we are cautiously optimistic about the general economic and market environments. We think 2021 will be a "risk-on" year, especially in the second half, as the full impacts of both COVID-19 vaccinations and fiscal...

Federal Reserve Assets surged $120 billion last week to a record $7.363 trillion. Fed Assets inflated $3.593 trillion, or 95%, over the past 66 weeks. Overheated markets have become wholly enchanted by this frightening monetary inflation. Whether it's the U.S., China or elsewhere,...

One of the responsibilities of a prudent investment manager is to avoid as many meaningful surprises as possible. A meaningful surprise is one that prevents the accomplishment of a strategic goal. Also, some surprises won't be anticipated, but will be helped by a quick reaction coming...

Recently, President-Elect Joe Biden named Janet Yellen to be his administration's Treasury Secretary. Yellen quickly proclaimed the reason "I became an economist was because I was concerned about the toll of unemployment on people, families, and communities." Such provides excellent c...

As we say good riddance to 2020, we enter 2021 with a confidence that new market and business cycles have arisen. We believe the economy, out of the depths of the COVID-induced recession, has entered what will be a protracted recovery, complete with the inevitable fits and starts, as ...

The blistering IPO market is but one of the myriad late-cycle manifestations of Acute Monetary Disorder. November's record $121 billion ETF inflow - boosting the y-t-d flow tsunami to a record $659 billion. SPACs and frenetic retail call option buying (one can only imagine current hed...

With the US suffering another coronavirus wave, the odds remain low that inflation will accelerate sharply in the near term. The Treasury market is certainly pricing in a firmer run of inflation expectations lately. Some corners of the economy suggest that pricing pressure is boun...

Today’s market selloff was an anomaly amid the bullish attitudes that have prevailed despite trouble in the real economy. The yield curve continued to steepen even on a day that saw equities selling off, which may suggest a breakdown in that correlation. People looking thro...