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By Krishna Memani , Vice Chairman of Investments The Fed's pivot to easier policy likely extends the current business cycle As the global equity markets rebounded from their December 2018 lows, we have all heard the constant refrain: Bad news being good news can't last, the day of...

There are few things about financial markets about which one can be certain. However, there could be an exception today when there is such a discrepancy between the gloomy government bond market and the optimistic equity market's view as to where the US and world economies might be headed. In ...

Government bond yields fell in June, with eurozone's peripheral economies registering the most pronounced moves. Italy and Greece saw the yield on their 10-year benchmark notes plunge 58 and 42 basis points over the month to close at 2.07% and 2.30%, respectively. Similarly, their Portuguese a...

By Kathy A Jones No matter what kind of bond you own, its price and yield are going to be influenced by a number of risk factors: the direction of interest rates, inflation expectations and the credit of the issuer being the most prominent among them. When you invest in international bonds...

Negative yields on bonds are back with a vengeance. The five-year German government bond yield reached an all-time low of ‑0.69% after European Central Bank ((ECB)) President Mario Draghi delivered a dovish speech on June 18, indicating that the ECB could provide additional stimulus if ...

ECB boss Mario Draghi overnight suggested conditions could warrant another rate cut or further QE. The comments sent European shares and U.S. futures higher, but the really big action is being seen in interest rates. More news on: iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, ProShares UltraShort ...

The bond market seesaw continues. Following April's increases, yields for 10-year government bonds fell in May amid trade tensions, economic and monetary uncertainty, and political drama, with most sinking by double digits. The U.S. Treasury 10-year mid-yield plunged by 36.5 basis points, tr...

By Gerhardt (Gary) P. Herbert, CFA, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Credit, and Reina Berlien As global bond investors, analyzing economic indicators is like second nature to us. However, political risk has become a prevalent factor in both local and hard currency sovereign bond valua...

Paying someone in order to lend them money seems kind of pointless. Yet, the practice of stashing wealth in places where it yields nothing (and maybe even costs a bit for storage) is more common than you might think. Chinese, Russians, and Brazilians, for instance, buy US and Canadian condos...

By Richard Brink and Walt Czaicki These are tricky days for the global economy. As growth downshifts and corporate earnings weaken, some investors are dusting off playbooks for late-cycle investing. That makes sense, but there are a few twists to today's market conditions that may require...