St. Louis Fed President Jim

    Posted by steve on 17th of Nov 2022 at 08:51 am

    St. Louis Fed President Jim Bullard: “The policy rate is not yet in a zone that may be considered sufficiently restrictive.”  His presentation says a rules based approach would suggest the rate should be somewhere above 5%, perhaps substantially so.

    The chart for rates would

    Posted by fundamentalvalues on 17th of Nov 2022 at 08:53 am

    The chart for rates would reflect rates heading toward 5% as well after this pullback per Katie Stockton who did a piece on it the other day. We will know when we know and happy to take advantage if it goes there. Fine no matter where it goes either way. On the other side there are some who think investing in a bit more duration makes sense here, like going up from  4 or 8 week bills to 17 week to secure higher rates for example. Not a  long horizon, though makes the point. That is why I just ladder, don't have to guess and I get to participate either way in a substantial way. 

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