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Interest Rates

Yield Curves & Recessions

Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on April 16th, 2019

Recently, the headline news was about the U.S. yield curve “inverting,” and what this might mean for the economy and markets.Inverted Yield Curve

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Stock Market Drop - What Was That?

Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on February 8th, 2018

In just two days, the U.S. stock market dropped about 8.5%, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding about 1,800 points. Certainly, days like that can shake investors’ confidence in their investment strategies andstock market drop cause concern.

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What Rising Rates Could Mean for Your Money

Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on August 22nd, 2017

federal funds interest rateAfter years of keeping the benchmark federal funds rate at historic lows, the Federal Reserve has been raising it gradually.

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The Power of Compound Interest

Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on July 25th, 2017

Remember your mid-twenties when retirement seemed like a lifetime away, and living paycheck to paycheck was not only the norm, but your reality.

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Figuring Out the Fed - An Interest Rate Primer

Submitted by Townsend Asset Management Corp. on July 11th, 2017

interest rate primerThe media and the financial markets breathlessly await and fret over the actions taken by global central banks, as these actions affect the money supply and interest rates.

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