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ICBA Investment Column:

by: Jim Reber, President and CEO of ICBA Securities

• Do’s, Don’ts, and Maybes – A set of simple rules to streamline portfolio management in 2021
• Munis for the many – Taxable municipal bonds have appeal for nearly all community banks
• Slippery slope – Another yield curve shift has community bankers guessing.
• Portfolios morph-Investment securities have undergone big changes this year.
• Fed Taper Tactics A review of past QE wind-down strategies.
• Treasuries for the win! – Low yield spreads send community banks back to the basics
• Rising tide – Bonds to own for a rate hike environment
• The Great Escape
• Up with Coupons
• Price pullback prospects
• Fourth quarter rally
• Fixed rate or floating?
• World-wide demand
• High baseline yields accompany surprisingly wide spreads
• Remember the munis
• Time out for trivia
• Spread the wealth
• Play Ball! 
• The Meek…
• Easing into the fall
• Yield enhancer, or gimmick?
• Concepts and facts
• Whole Lot of Thinkin’ Going On