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Back in the 1980s and 1990s, many people thought excessive government spending and the resulting debt would bring inflation or even hyperinflation. We wanted a hawkish Federal Reserve or, better yet, a gold standard to prevent it. Reality turned out differently. Federal debt rose steadily,...

Unlike most articles that have the President's name in the title, this note will not be political in nature but rather will discuss some facts regarding the trade dispute with China and our trading relationship with the rest of the world. I want to outline one of the problems that the admini...

We see income, or carry, reasserting itself as the key driver of bond market returns. Scott explains. Coupon income historically has contributed the lion's share of total returns across global fixed income markets. Yet declining yields this year elevated the role of capital appreciation in...

Where's the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield going? This is the most common question I get from both institutional and advisor clients. It's a question we'd all like to know the answer to - and one you might expect a bond manager like me to answer. It's like asking a stock-picker where the S&am...

Scarcely a day goes by without a flood of new articles in the financial media expressing shock and disbelief over Treasury yields. It's not just that they are wrong, these say, it's that they have to be wrong. What they are implying just isn't compatible with the what "everyone" is expecte...

A number of recent articles suggest that Chinese officials may reduce their purchases of U.S. government bonds. It is very unlikely that China can do so in any meaningful way, because doing so would almost certainly be costly for Beijing. And even if China took this step, it would have either...

If, ten years ago, I had told you that there were going to be negative yielding bonds you would have thought, "Poor Mark, he has lost his mind." Well, ten years ago I did not say it, and now we are all faced with a $10.475 trillion reality of bonds with negative yields. This has all been cause...

"Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don't think he is not capable of hurting you." - Ron Livingston Looking at the results in the European elections promising more turmoil ahead between Italy and the European Commission, on top of the continuation of ...

By Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. In advance of the release of the FOMC's May minutes, speculation in the press and by financial market participants was that the Committee might cut the Federal Funds target rate. The main line of conjecture centered on how long the FOMC could continue to miss its...

By Jeffrey Kleintop Over the past 30 years, stock markets around the world have rallied after the Federal Reserve (Fed) hiked interest rates for the last time in the economic cycle. The rallies have varied in length and strength, but eventually break down as the late cycle environment enco...