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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
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June 13, 2019
The key question facing the bond market is whether the economy is just slowing down—or if it’s heading into recession.
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Kathy A Jones
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June 10, 2019
The bond market is large and complex, so it helps to focus on bonds that provide diversification, stability and income.
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Kathy A Jones
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May 17, 2019
Investors looking for income can find yields that outpace inflation without taking extraordinary risks, but it requires careful consideration of the tradeoffs between risk and reward.
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Kathy A Jones
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April 17, 2019
Fixed income asset prices rallied during the first quarter, after the Federal Reserve paused rate hikes at the “neutral” level. Here’s how to invest in the new rate environment.
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Kathy A Jones
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March 20, 2019
As expected, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at its March policymaking meeting, but surprised markets with a shift to an easier policy stance.
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Kathy A Jones
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March 07, 2019
Although the dollar’s rise has stalled recently, there are reasons to believe the bull market isn’t over.
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Kathy A Jones
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February 13, 2019
The Federal Reserve’s dovish turn at its policymaking meeting in January was a surprise for the markets, coming only six weeks after the Fed last raised rates and indicated further tightening was likely. What happened?
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Kathy A Jones
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January 24, 2019
Despite a recent increase in risk appetite, we still see plenty of reasons for fixed income investors to remain cautious in 2019.
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Kathy A Jones
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December 10, 2018
The worst may be over for the bond bear market.
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Kathy A Jones
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November 28, 2018
After more than two years of steadily rising interest rates, we believe 2019 could mark the peak in U.S. Treasury yields for the current business cycle. However, while the prospect of more stable or lower interest rates may be positive for bond investors, we expect the road ahead to be bumpy.

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