Historically, floating-rate loans outperform the broad bond market in flat- and rising-rate environments. Given that the Fed raised rates in December and with more increases expected in 2017, floating rate bonds can benefit from it. Floating-rate loans, also called bank loans or leveraged loans, are below-investment grade corporate debts. They are called “floating rate”
Forbes featured Apriem’s analysis of IBM as one of its top seven stock tips for 2017. Below is a short excerpt. IBM is a turnaround story. “Big Blue” is transforming its business to meet the needs of the new era of cloud, mobility, security, and artificial intelligence. IBM’s transformation had begun to show some
Apriem’s co-CIO Benjamin Lau was recently featured in Yahoo discussing the growth potential of Facebook Inc. (FB). Below is a short excerpt. Facebook doesn't just own Facebook. It also owns one-time rival Instagram, which has 500 million monthly active users. Despite the large user base, Instagram doesn't contribute much to Facebook's breakneck pace of
Apriem's co-CIO Benjamin Lau was recently featured in a TheStreet.com article discussing the future of the technology sector post election. Below is a short excerpt: Some market gurus say it's not difficult to see why tech executives stayed away from Trump. "A lot of Trump's rhetoric during the campaign were hot button issues for
The Orange County Business Journal featured Apriem's Rhonda Ducote in its annual section about financial advisors. Below is short excerpt: The fiduciary rule will take effect in a few short months and when it does, the measure will greatly benefit consumers. Gone will be the days when unscrupulous brokers put their clients into investments they