SCHP News and Press, Schwab U.S. TIPs From 08/15/22

The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF is an exchange-traded fund that tries to capture the rates of market volatility. One of its stated goals is to provide a hedge against inflation and fixed income volatility. IVOL has a dual factor portfolio composition...

Inventories have risen recently and there has been a lot of commentary about how this will negatively impact the economy. My brief overview of markets is that large growth stocks are still overvalued even as they led the recent rally. The sentiment about the economy is still quite...

We highlight the top three behavioral biases to avoid in the new, volatile market regime - and give tips on how investors can try to overcome them. Stocks rallied and yields fell last week after markets concluded the Fed’s pace of rate hikes will slow. We are less sanguine and ...

It’s all about high inflation at the moment. The Federal Reserve is certainly focused on inflation risk and is set to raise interest rates again in July 27’s policy announcement. A key reason that inflation’s trend tends to reverse during recessions: tighter monet...

Market views of Fed rate hikes have swung sharply. We see more volatility ahead as long as central banks think they can curb inflation without crushing growth. Yields spiked before easing after the ECB raised rates by 0.5% last week. We expect it to pause hikes before the Fed as the e...

Energy inflation could be volatile. The energy supply situation is particularly dire due to the proximity of the Ukraine crisis. Consumer prices could stay hot well into the winter — and many investors appear unprepared. By Thanos Bardas, PhD; Olumide Owolabi; &...

Treasury Note prices have surged as fears transition from inflation to recession. Real yields are well off their highs, leading to underperformance of TIPS funds vs comparable-maturity Treasurys. Look for volatility this week as the Fed is expected to hike its policy rate by 0.75 ...

On November 9, 2021, I launched the ETF Reliable Retirement Portfolio. Working from various 2022 investment outlooks as well as other research material, I constructed a 16-ETF portfolio that seeks to balance diversity, growth, and current income. Q2 closed with the S&P 500 ind...

Even though I expect reported inflation to remain uncomfortably high through at least the end of this year, it's becoming clear, on the margin, that the inflation dynamics are improving for the better. A strong dollar has almost always coincided with weak commodity prices, but we saw ...

The revised long-term outlook projects an annualized return of 4.9%. The current risk premium forecast for GMI suggests that multi-asset-class strategies overall will generate lower returns relative to results posted in recent years. Combining forecasts via several models may prov...