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Things You Never Thought You’d Say: COVID-19 has created a lot of first-ever conversations.
It may be a gross oversimplification to say this, but in many ways, community banks deal with their favorite broker…
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…