CrossingBridge Insights

CrossingBridge Insights is our opportunity to share our thoughts on interesting trends and data points through our Quarterly Commentaries, Market Observations, recent news, and random musings. We hope you enjoy and we welcome your feedback.


Q1 2024 Commentary - Getting off the Bench(mark)

The recent NCAA college basketball tournaments remind us that players regularly come off the bench to give their teams an extra boost.

Apr 09, 2024

Q4 2023 Commentary - People Get Ready

Written in 1965, a tumultuous time of social change and civil unrest, the song, People Get Ready, expresses optimism that faith and love will win out. Today, there is a convergence of economic, political, social, and technological transformation....

Jan 19, 2024

Q3 2023 Commentary - No Fat Pitches

Rooting for my hometown Philadelphia Phillies in the playoffs, I am reminded that “fat pitches” are rarely presented to batters.

Oct 12, 2023

Q2 2023 Commentary - You Can Pay Me Now, or Pay Me Later

In the credit markets, we are seeing a rising incidence of liability management transactions (LMTs), particularly "amend & extends" (A&Es).

Jul 20, 2023

Q1 2023 Commentary - Tide Pools

The Fed Funds Rate has risen from practically zero to almost 5% as a result of central bankers’ mission to quell inflation and wring out excess liquidity. Speculators and borrowers dependent on nearly “free” money, have been left high and dry. The...

Apr 21, 2023

Q4 2022 Commentary - Qué Será, Será – The Future’s Not Ours to See

It’s the season when companies, investors and financial gurus look into their crystal balls to predict the economic and market path for the new year. During our morning coffee ritual, we were excited to read TheDailyMail.com headline: “A time for...

Apr 21, 2023

Q3 2022 Commentary - Rope-a-Dope

In 2022, stock and bond investors have been pummeled, losing money in both asset classes for three consecutive quarters, a first in at least 45 years. In previous letters, we have discussed our defensive stance...

Oct 26, 2022

Q2 2022 Commentary - In Flanders Fields

Currently, investors are caught in an economic “No Man’s Land” between the dangers of inflation and fears of recession as the Fed continues to raise interest rates. In the first half of 2022, U.S. equities and fixed income portfolios suffered some...

Jul 19, 2022

Q1 2022 Commentary - Locomotive Breath

The song Locomotive Breath portrays a loss of control resulting from extreme, unanticipated events and the need to make the best of it as we go forward, which could describe today’s geopolitical and economic backdrop. In our 2021 year-end letter, we...

Apr 18, 2022

Q4 2021 Commentary - Think Positive, but Test Negative

Government intervention often results in unintended consequences. Thomas Hoenig, former president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, in his just-published book, The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy,...

Jan 18, 2022