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Time to Pay the Piper? A Look at the Prospective Cost of Capital In the first two installments of this series, we made the point that the corporate cost of capital has nowhere to go but up.  But what does … Read more

Time to Pay the Piper? A Look at the Prospective Cost of Capital In the first installment of this series, we made the point that the corporate cost of capital has nowhere to go but up.  But what does this … Read more

In the first in a series about the cost of capital, Gordian employees discuss the impact US monetary and fiscal policy has had on interest rates and asset prices and lay the ground work for how those actions may affect future government policies, valuations and investment decisions.

In the aftermath of the Presidential Election, we wrote a piece discussing some of the economic challenges facing the Biden Administration, and how Biden’s actions may stir inflation and create sets of corporate winners and losers. Now that the Biden team has started to implement its agenda, we thought it would be interesting to revisit these issues.

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, governments have actively depressed bond yields and inflated bond prices.  Unfortunately, most market manipulations ultimately meet a messy end.  If and when this particular manipulation goes the way of all flesh, yields will rise and bond investors will lose money.  Bonds would stop being effective investment instruments, and become “Certificates of Confiscation”.