Kathy Jones
Kathy Jones is Managing Director and Chief Fixed Income Strategist for the Schwab Center for Financial Research. She is responsible for interest rate and currency analysis as well as fixed income education for Schwab clients and the public. She cohosts Schwab's On Investing podcast.
Markets and Economy
On Investing
What's new
Liz Ann Sonders and Kathy Jones discuss the Federal Reserve’s annual conference at Jackson Hole and the annual payrolls benchmark revision.
Markets and Economy
On Investing
Kathy Jones interviews Matt Hastings about the challenges of managing fixed income portfolios.
Government Policy
What is it
Onward Archive
What the Fed's monetary-policy tools signal about the market.
Markets and Economy
What's new
On Investing
Liz Ann Sonders interviews the legendary Ed Hyman about the current economic cycle and its unique characteristics.
Markets and Economy
On Investing
What's new
Liz Ann Sonders interviews market veteran Ned Davis about his overall strategy and the importance of understanding market psychology.
Markets and Economy
What's new
On Investing
Kathy Jones interviews economist Joe Brusuelas from RSM about the pace of growth in the economy and what keeps him up at night.
Bonds
What should I do
Onward Archive
High-yield bond issuers face a wall of maturity debt over the next four years. Could it spell trouble for the high-yield bond market?
Bonds
Not sure which to choose? Here are some things to consider about individual bonds vs. bond funds.
What's new
Markets and Economy
Market Outlook
Bouts of volatility may continue in the second half of 2025 as bond market investors navigate evolving tariff policy, U.S. government debt, and economic uncertainty.
Bond Insights
The latest perspective on the bond market from the Schwab Center for Financial Research, including a deep-dive on corporate and municipal bond markets.