BBSA News and Press, JPMorgan BetaBuilders 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF From 07/07/19

The steady rise in interest rates of instruments such as U.S. Treasuries, that are typically used as collateral for insurance-linked securities ((ILS)) and collateralized reinsurance investments, have now served to boost returns for ILS investors in 2019. U.S. Treasuries have seen their inte...

Rates have continued to dip. Forward markets have already moved much of the way back toward zero. This has been somewhat surprising to me. I expected the Fed to maintain the fed funds rate at a plateau level, as they did in the last two cyclical reversals. But they are almost certain to start ...

With the trade war in full swing and the USA attacking many of its trading partners over perceived unfairness in trade relationships, what would happen if Brazil dumped its considerable holding of Treasuries into the secondary market or chose not to buy any more Treasuries and let the remainde...

By Kathy Lien At a Glance Gold and oil often rise; earnings tend to surprise more when the dollar falls. In a booming economy, a declining dollar can be a positive contributor to growth. The U.S. dollar is the most important currency in the world, and when it falls, everyone ...

On the heels of the Osaka trade truce struck between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping over the weekend, investors got the relief rally they were looking for on Monday. Gains were especially pronounced in tech and chip stocks, which surged thanks to the Trump administration's softer approach to the ...

From all the jawboning you're likely hearing, you might be inclined to think that inflation's been pretty much strangled. If you track the Consumer Price Index ((CPI)), you've probably noticed that growth in the headline number has stayed below 2 percent this year. That's not to say there's NO...

By Eric Winograd The Fed left its benchmark rate unchanged this week, but also signaled a very high probability of cuts later this year. Historically, rate cuts have been a sign of trouble - typically made in response to slower growth and rising unemployment. But this time around, growth d...

For the third time in the last five months, inflation expectations have matched record lows. To hear officials and Economists talk, you'd think they were at or nearing record highs. The unemployment rate, after all, is at a 50-year low point which by mainstream reckoning should mean the cusp o...

On Wednesday, Goldman slashed their G10 yield forecasts for 2019 and the revisions were pretty dramatic . For instance, the bank now sees 10-year German yields at -0.55% by year-end and 10-year JGB yields at -0.30%. The bank's outlook is well below market forwards. To a certain extent, ...

By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy After a Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting like the one last week, it's always prudent to take a step back and let the dust settle, don't you think? Certainly, a great deal of "post-game" analysis has already occurred, and we have even seen eco...