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Market Commentary – 5/22/15

Friday morning saw the U.S. Bond market sell off in response to a mildly stronger than expected Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which strips out volatile food and energy costs. Core prices rose on higher prices for housing expenses and medical costs (remember inflations is bad for bonds), while house furnishing saw the biggest increase since 2008.

Stocks continued their rise this week to record levels. Earlier in the week the Federal Reserve released its minutes which all but took a June rate hike off the table.

With the 10 year U.S. Treasury trading at 2.21%, we continue to cautiously float interest rates with a bias toward locking.

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