GIM News and Press, Templeton Global Income Fund Inc. From 03/09/21

VanEck CEO Jan van Eck's latest investment outlook explores the recent bitcoin rally and the underlying trends supporting it. He discusses what economic growth looks like in 2021 after the worst year for the economy since World War II. He also discusses the impact of higher intere...

Global manufacturing PMI buoyed by further strong gains in production. Robust growth seen in the US, Eurozone, India and Brazil despite supply chain delays close to record high. Expansion limited by further slowdown in China, in turn linked to shipping and logistics problems. ...

Interest rates are low, and “lower for longer” has become something of a mantra among policy makers, regulators, and other market watchers. Since 2012, a number of central banks introduced negative interest rate policies. At the time of introduction, many questioned ...

In Europe, the recovery from COVID-19 will take several years to get back to pre-pandemic levels. In this type of environment, we think the ECB is going to remain very accommodative and is likely to continue its asset purchasing program. Given the likelihood of a slow recovery, we don...

Broadly-defined commodities were the clear leader last month. US and foreign stocks also posted solid gains as did real estate investment trusts. The overall trend for markets was bullish last month, based on the Global Market Index (GMI). For further details see: Major ...

Templeton Global Income Fund (GIM) declares $0.016/share monthly dividend, in line with previous.Forward yield 3.49%Payable March 31; for shareholders of record March 15; ex-div March 12.See GIM Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further details see: Templeton G...

Despite low yields, bonds can continue to diversify risk in broad portfolios. Although the stock-bond correlation has been weak in recent decades, fixed income returns have been positive in nearly all recessions since 1952, even in periods when stock-bond correlations were positive. ...

Inflation is going to remain relatively well-bounded. We will see a cyclical uptick in inflation this year. But from a longer-term perspective, there isn’t a meaningful risk of inflation breaking out significantly to the upside. Fiscal and monetary support are clearly two aspec...

Climate change has made the world a riskier place. Financial risks created by climate change are felt more acutely by developing economies, especially those that are not adequately prepared. As countries seek a sustainable path of recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Twenty-two out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 21 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. MLPs lead while commodities lag. Limited duration is the highest-yielding CEF sector. For further details see: Weekly Closed-End Fund Roundup: February 7, 2021