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Positioning Portfolios for a Rising Rate EnvironmentPositioning Portfolios for a Rising Rate Environment

Success requires consideration of changes in the shape of the yield curve.

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In 1981, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond peaked at 15.3 percent. For the next 35 years, investors enjoyed a relatively unbroken bull market in their bond portfolios. Interest rates slowly declined, and investors regularly gained annual positive returns on their investments. During this time, the income produced by these investments also slowly declined. In fact, interest on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond fell below 

1.5 percent in 2012 and again in 2016. Since this low, investors and advisors alike have watched the hawkish turn in U.S. monetary policy by our Federal Reserve result in rising rates globally. Today, many investors have asked themselves a reasonable question: How should I position my portfolio for a low but rising...

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About the Authors

Elizabeth K. Miller

Founder and Head

https://www.summitplacefinancial.com/SummitPlace/leadership.php

 

Elizabeth K. Miller is founder and head of Summit Place Financial Advisors, LLC., which was established to provide personalized asset management and a boutique family office experience to successful families and individuals. Previously she was a principal owner of Trevor Stewart Burton & Jacobsen Inc., where she led the firm’s equity research activities and the investment committee’s stock selection. Ms. Miller started her career as a mergers and acquisition and proprietary trading analyst for the First Boston Corporation. Ms. Miller is a member of the Alumni Board of Governors for the Sphinx Society of the University of Pennsylvania, a past member of the Board of Trustees for the New York Society of Security Analysts (CFA Society New York) and a past chair of the Private Wealth Management Committee there. She also served on the Private Wealth Advisory Committee for CFA Institute, which helped provide global leadership in identifying the industry’s priorities and setting an educational agenda for private wealth professional excellence. Each summer, she joins the faculty of the Chautauqua Institute Special Studies Program, in wealth management. She has been a guest of CNBC, Reuters, BNN, Bloomberg, and Businessweek TV and may be heard on Bloomberg radio and Dow Jones’ Marketwatch. Ms. Miller received a BS in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA from Columbia University.

Andrew N. King

Andrew N. King is a Private Wealth Advisor at Morgan Stanley in New York.