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Borrowing for the Future

A recently detected error in a study by Harvard economists Reinhart & Rogoff has garnered much attention in the financial press lately. The study had initially concluded that once a country exceeded a 90% debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, the pace of economic growth slowed sharply. The corrected data reveal that growth slows as debt-to-GDP rises, but at a pace not meaningfully different than at other round numbers...

Current Conditions Index 5/2/13

Over the past week, the LPL Financial Current Conditions Index (CCI) rose from 231 to 239. The path of the CCI remains consistent with continued, though modest, economic growth in the United States. Over the past few months, momentum in the CCI has improved slightly but moderated in the past several weeks.

Introducing an Updated NVB eCorp on May 14, 2013!

The new NVB eCorp features a new menu and page layout to make your business banking more convenient. Read more to see a preview of what's new!

Portfolio Compass 5/1/13

Compass Changes: Downgraded investment-grade corporate bonds to neutral from neutral/positive Investment Takeaways: Our near-term stock market view is slightly cautious, given our Base Path expectation for modest single-digit returns in 2013.* Our views on cyclical versus defensive sectors have become more balanced due to our focus on key investment themes and in anticipation of a stock market pullback. Higher-yielding...

Back to the Future

Mark Twain once stated that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Join us as we take a look back to the past to see what the future may hold for bond investors, given the many uncertainties. Our broad takeaway is that a low-return environment could likely be the norm, and the 1950s may provide a rough guide of what to expect. The monetary policy backdrop and bond market of the early 1950s bears some resemblance to today’s environment...

 
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