Monthly Commentary

September 2021 - The Benefit of Optionality

September 2021 - The Benefit of Optionality

Several months ago, Mike and I wrote a newsletter on what we believe are the merits of Roosevelt Capital Management’s (RCM) short duration high yield corporate bond strategy in today’s market environment. In that paper, we argued that our product avoids most of the pitfalls of the cur …

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August 2021 - Uncertainty & Decision Making

August 2021 - Uncertainty & Decision Making

“There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know.” John Kenneth Galbraith

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July 2021 - First Half 2021 Update

July 2021 - First Half 2021 Update

We started writing these monthly letters with two objectives. First, we wanted to create a forum for providing regular updates on our own approach to investing in fixed income securities in order to better educate current and potential clients on how and why we are making the investme …

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June 2021 - Introduction to Forward Rates

June 2021 - Introduction to Forward Rates

Successful fixed income investing requires ongoing tactical and strategic analysis. At Roosevelt Capital Management (“RCM”), tactical considerations revolve almost entirely around our perspective on the liquidity and solvency of the issuers of individual securities, two topics we have …

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May 2021 - Introduction to Breakeven Rates

May 2021 - Introduction to Breakeven Rates

Stories about the rise of post-pandemic inflation are everywhere right now. As with so many things in the news these days, however, much of the information being conveyed is politically motivated, superficial, or just plain wrong. Of course, it is one thing to pontificate about where …

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April 2021 - The Merits of Short Duration High Yield in Today’s Investment Climate

April 2021 - The Merits of Short Duration High Yield in Today’s Investment Climate

Fixed income investors are taking a beating these days as evidenced by the Barclays Aggregate Q1 2021 performance of -3.37%. While there are myriad reasons for this situation, they can pretty much all be summed up in a recent comment by Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio who said, “Bond markets …

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March 2021 - Understanding Modified Duration

March 2021 - Understanding Modified Duration

If you spend any time in the fixed income world, you are likely to come across a bond statistic called “modified duration”. If the term is new to you, the definitions online or in articles are often confusing because the actual calculation is somewhat complex and typically assumes som …

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February 2021 - Interest Rate Risk Enters the Equation

February 2021 - Interest Rate Risk Enters the Equation

One of the recurring themes in our many conversations with both existing and prospective clients over the past six months has been the fact that investors were not being compensated for taking on interest rate risk. That is all starting to change, and it is starting to change quickly.

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January 2021 - 2020 Recap

January 2021 - 2020 Recap

We hope you are well and starting off the new year safe and healthy. The purpose of this letter is to recap 2020 and provide an outlook for 2021.

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