The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates by one-quarter of a percentage point provides little solace to investors who have been trying to squeeze a decent stream of income from their portfolios over the past seven years. Yields on bonds remain near record lows, and it’s unlikely they will rise much this year.
James K. Glassman, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author, most recently, of Safety Net: The Strategy for De-Risking Your Investments in a Time of Turbulence. He owns none of the investments mentioned.
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