February 2023 – Monthly Commentary

With the events of the last few days, February seems like a distant memory. More importantly, it was yet another test of the integrity of the Reserve Cash Management strategy, and it performed as designed. As we have espoused, the emphasis of the RCM is broad diversification and an emphasis on liquidity, and that has served our investors well during the crisis. We’ve emphasized that to keep any more than $250,000 in a bank account is to make an unsecured loan to that institution. The RCM is a strategy that holds the securities in the name of the client, in a separately managed account, at a qualified custodian, thereby eliminating counterparty risk.