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Content with Kathy A Jones
Senior Vice President, Chief Fixed Income Strategist, Schwab Center for Financial Research
Kathy is a senior fixed income strategist with a focus on global credit market and currency analysis. She has appeared on Fox News, CNBC and CNN, and is quoted regularly in The New York Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, and others. She has an MBA in Finance from Northwestern University.
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Kathy A Jones
August 08, 2018
If your holdings are all in very short-term maturities, you’re missing the opportunity to add income to your portfolio—and essentially trying to time interest rate moves, which is notoriously difficult.
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Kathy A Jones
July 11, 2018
Ten-year Treasury bond yields marched higher during the past two years, while bond prices fell. However, it appears that longer-term yields may be peaking. Is the bond bear market over, or only paused?
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Kathy A Jones
June 26, 2018
The late stage of the business cycle presents both opportunities and risks for fixed income investors. Here’s what to look for in the second half of 2018.
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Kathy A Jones
June 13, 2018
Federal Reserve policymakers raised short-term interest rates again on June 13, and signaled that future rate hikes may occur faster than previously expected.
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Kathy A Jones
May 16, 2018
Valuations have improved due to a selloff in emerging market bonds and currencies, but caution is still warranted.
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Kathy A Jones
May 11, 2018
Here’s a look at how bonds and bond funds investments differ—and when one might make more sense than the other.
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Kathy A Jones
April 18, 2018
Ten-year Treasury bond yields have been rising. How high could they go? Historical measures may provide some guidance.
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Kathy A Jones
March 21, 2018
As expected, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by another quarter percentage point, while also raising its growth forecast.
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Kathy A Jones
February 28, 2018
Even during periods of rising interest rates, fixed income assets can—and often have—produced positive total returns.
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Kathy A Jones
February 16, 2018
Your “total” bond fund might be riskier than you think.

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