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Investment-grade credit yields 4.4%, but after 3.3% inflation, you're left with 70 basis points of real return on a $500,000 portfolio. That's $3,500 a year in purchasing power. TIPS pay more than double that in real terms, without the duration gamble.
By Ray Vega · 3 min read
Kevin Warsh called the post-COVID inflation years "fatal policy errors" and proposed a rules-based framework to prevent the next ones. The problem is stagflation does not care about your framework. It punishes rigidity.
By Ray Vega · 3 min read
The VIX crossed 25 this week, and the standard response is to call it temporary noise tied to Middle East headlines. Institutional traders disagree: they stopped buying the dip and started hedging aggressively before most retail investors checked their portfolios. The window closed quietly.
By Ray Vega · 3 min read