The SPDR® Portfolio TIPS ETF (NYSEARCA:SPIP) is beholden to real rates on a longer horizon. It will not be good if rates stay high while inflation falls. The concern is also that terminal real rates ...

We’ve long worried deeply about the same basic stuff: health, love, family, work, and money. But like most therapists, I’m seeing more and more anxiety in the people coming in for help. There’s a ...

Learn about maturity gap, a key financial tool for assessing interest rate risk in assets and liabilities. Discover examples and analysis to make informed decisions.

Amanda Jackson has expertise in personal finance, investing, and social services. She is a library professional, transcriptionist, editor, and fact-checker. A bond's term to maturity is the period ...

Conventional fixed-income ETFs are not the reduced-risk investment many expect. Actually, they are aggressive active bets on the direction of future interest rates. That gamble worked magnificently ...

Wendy Graves’ recent Letter to the Editor criticized legislators in Arkansas for overriding a veto by the governor on a bill that would prevent giving minors chemicals that interfere and damage the ...