Interest rates are changing rapidly as countries and businesses adjust to the implementation of new tariffs by the Trump administration and other countries. Companies betting on future Treasury rates have been taking some major hits as their oftentimes leveraged bets unravel. They attempted to predict the future, and now they’re getting burned. This is why Your Survival Guy avoids the interest rate prediction game.
Take a look at the change in the Treasury yield curve between yesterday and one year ago:
Action Line: Could anyone have accurately predicted these numbers last year? Perhaps, but would you risk your retirement on that bet? Instead, Your Survival Guy wants you to be an investor, not a speculator. Be someone who collects streams of income from investments and puts them to work securing your retirement. When you want to talk about that strategy, email me at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com. In the meantime, click here to subscribe to my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter. My most recent letter talks about bonds, when to buy and sell, and gold miners.
