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Below are the slides from my presentation at Beyond Covid on 12th June. The whole webinar can be viewed here . The pandemic seems to me to resemble the "nuclear disaster" scenarios of my youth: hide in the bunker, then creep out when the immediate danger is over, only to find a world that i...

Governments have rolled out large open-ended fiscal and monetary efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic that will require massive borrowing. Anthony Okolie talks with Sohaib Shahid, Senior Economist, TD Bank, on the risks to major economies and the long-term implications for future ge...

Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on June 8, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in t...

The coronavirus pandemic has brought about a new investment landscape in which some companies and sectors have fared better than others. Significant market dislocations have also created potential opportunities in the higher quality areas of the credit spectrum. Global credit markets have re...

Government bond market volatility subsided in May compared to the previous two months, despite a barrage of weak economic data published around the world. In the euro area, the majority of 10-year government bond mid-yields rose slightly during the month, with those for Germany registering the...

Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on June 9, 2020. [This blog post is an excerpt from a commentary published at TSI last week] In most countries/regions, the money-supply growth rate bottomed in 2019 and by the beginning of this year was in a clear-cut upward tren...

Author's note: This article was released to members on June 1, 2020. Please check latest data before investing. The Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as...

By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist The European Union, Japan, and China propose a variety of spending initiatives to help businesses and workers Last week I wrote about the need for more fiscal stimulus in order to counteract the negative economic impact of the pand...

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Author's note: This article was released to Income Lab members on May 23, 2020 and data are from that date. Chemist's "Quality" Closed-End Fund Report Quantitative screens help to rapidly narrow down attractive candidates from the database of 500-plus closed-end funds (CEFs) for further ...