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Kicking The Can: Congress and the Fed are on a spending spree.
If you ultra-busy community bankers have been able to catch some of our policymakers commenting on the waves of fiscal…
COVID-19 statement from Barret School of Banking
The safety of our school attendees is a top priority for the Barret School of Banking. Our staff continues to…
Not all bonds are created equal: Fierce rally highlights different risk/reward profiles
Attention bond portfolio managers: Raise your hand if you were expecting a 100+ basis-point bond rally accompanied by a corollary…
Mortgage bonds keep gaining fans: Community banks add weighting to loan surrogates
If your community bank’s bond portfolio looks like the rest of the industry’s, you own more mortgage-backed securities (MBS) than…
Rock (and roll) into a new decade: A look into a previous era can help today’s portfolio managers
It was 20 years ago today More precisely, it was 20 years ago this year that community banks, and their…
3Q 2019 Update on different industries you may be banking…
As you may/may not know, we offer quarterly online Roundtables covering topics in Digital Marketing, Compliance, and Senior Lending. This…