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By OpenMarkets A rise in stocks since the late December lows, a flat yield curve and U.S. China trade negotiations are creating an inflection point for the market, says Jack Bouroudjian. He covers where we go from here. Editor’s Note: The summary bullets for this article...

"Quantitative easing" was supposed to be an emergency measure. The Federal Reserve "eased" shrinkage in the money supply due to the 2008-09 credit crisis by pumping out trillions of dollars in new bank reserves. After the crisis, the presumption was that the Fed would "normalize" conditions by...

The BCI at 250.9 is above last week's downward revised 249.6, and and forms a new high for this business cycle’s indicated by the BCIp at 100. Also, the 6-month smoothed annualized growth BCIg at 9.7 is above last week’s 9.5. Both BCIp and BCIg are not signaling a recession. (BCI...

By Kevin Flanagan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy Quick question: What typical bond market catalyst has received scant attention of late? Obviously, it's not Federal Reserve (Fed) policy, nor is it some of the latest softer-than-expected U.S. economic data, such as retail sales and industri...

By OpenMarkets The Fed will be data-dependent, according to FOMC minutes released today. That means data releases will be increasingly important in the weeks ahead, says Jack Bouroudjian. He also covers the latest on the trade front, and the the tail end of earnings season. Editor&...

Throughout the year we ask leading bond and currency managers to consider valuations, expectations and outlooks for the coming months. Today, we ask: Is the Fed providing markets with false comfort? Over 2018, it was clear that our fixed income manager survey respondents were anticipating ...

Nothing the Fed did Wednesday, or has done up to Wednesday, has changed the curves. Eurodollar futures and USTs, they are both still inverted. The former sharply inverted. The only thing that has changed since early January is the narrative - and not in a charitable way. It is treated as a pos...

The US Fed has led the world in 20 years of progressively more extreme monetary interventions to inflate debt and asset prices at all costs. Each time that US stock markets have dropped more than 10%, central banks have moved to 'ease' volatility with more and longer monetary 'accommodation.' ...

The Fed's policy committee appeared split at last month's meeting on whether any further interest rate hikes will be needed this year. More news on: iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ETF, Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bear 3x Shares ETF, Financia...

By OpenMarkets How will equity markets impact what the Fed does? We may find out with the release of January FOMC minutes this week. Jack Bouroudjian discusses that, and why we should look abroad to explain current low interest rates. Editor's Note: The summary bullets for this ar...