The Shield: 2023 First Quarter Market Update
After a whirlwind 2022, many had hoped for calmer markets in the first quarter of 2023.
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Georgina Walleshauser
- May 5
- 1 min
Basis Points - Special Announcement SLGS Window Closed This Week
The government is taking the “extraordinary measure” of suspending the selling of State and Local Government Securities (SLGS)...
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Apr 7
- 1 min
Basis Points - Reinvest Market Update
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again last month by 0.25% and we continue to see a significantly inverted treasury yield curve.
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John Elliott
- Feb 27
- 8 min
The Shield - ESG-Labeled Bonds: Can They Deliver “Greenium?”
With the tremendous buzz around the political, social, and economic factors at play around ESG (“Environmental, Social...
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Jan 13
- 6 min
The Shield - 2022 Municipal Market in Review
The municipal market landscape in 2022 was a meaningful departure from what we experienced in 2021 and 2020...
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Erik Kelly
- Nov 29, 2022
- 5 min
The Shield - Thankfulness for Our Team, Our Mission and A Continuing “Service” Tradition
This year, unlike the prior two, we were able to gather in-person to enjoy the side-by-side work, brainstorming, and camaraderie
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
Basis Points - Strategizing with Reinvestment for Future Capital Needs
Not surprisingly, the FOMC meeting last week resulted in another 75-basis point rate hike to the Fed Funds rate...
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Ben Pietrek
- Oct 5, 2022
- 8 min
The Shield - Keeping Pace with Moody’s New ESG Methodology
ESG, or “Environmental, Social, and Governance” has been a hot topic of conversation across the financial world for years...
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Basis Points: Increases in Short-Term Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again last week by 0.75%. Movements in the fed funds rate are closely related to short-term treasu
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Blue Rose Marketing
- Apr 28, 2022
- 6 min
The Shield: The Rising Interest Rate Environment: Challenges and Opportunities for Borrowers
There is no question that the rapid rise of interest rates in 2022 has come much more quickly than nearly anyone anticipated.
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Georgina Walleshauser
- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
Basis Points - Significant Increase in Yields for Project Funds in the Current Market
The first increase in the Fed Funds rate since 2018 was anticipated by the market months before it occurred...
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