IGOV News and Press, iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond From 09/09/19

Why are interest rates so low? Here is the 10-year bond yield, by itself and subtracting the previous year's inflation (CPI less food and energy). The 10-year yield has basically been on a downward trend since 1987. One should subtract expected 10-year future inflation, not past inflation, a...

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By Krishna Memani, Vice Chairman of Investments As the US sails into uncharted territory, the central bank might be the last ship keeping the economy afloat. The end of the world is nigh. Ok, not the world, but at least the Western civilization as we know it. Forgive me, but that is ...

By Colin Lloyd Following on from my previous article, " The Pension Fund Apocalypse ," these are just a few of last month's stories. Danske Bank ([[DNSKF]]) of Denmark introduces the first negative 10-year fixed-rate mortgage. The German Finance Ministry voices disappointment at the ...

Elga discusses how conventional and unconventional monetary policy space is limited and rapidly being used up even before central banks respond to the next downturn, let alone a full-blown recession. This is the second in a series of four blogs on the topic of "Dealing with the next downturn....

By Jeffrey Kleintop If Japan represents what the debt and demographic future looks like for many countries, then the future for investors in a world of negative bond yields may lead to more stock market exposure. Japan as the future Japan was the first major country to: Adopt a zer...

All we keep hearing is that the precipitous decline in our interest rates means a dramatic economic slowdown/recession is on the horizon in the U.S. Nope! Au contraire. Our longer duration rates have declined as foreigners have been buying our debt with both hands as interest rates abroad are ...

In some parts of the world, bonds are yielding less than zero. Karen explains how that can happen, what it means for your portfolio and moves to consider. Global interest rates have seesawed in 2019. At the start of the year, most investors expected higher interest rates, only to see them ...

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Originally published on Aug. 20, 2019 By Philip Lawlor, managing director, head of global markets research The inversion of a widely watched part of the US Treasury yield curve last week has rattled markets already nervous about slowing global growth. Such events warrant attention give...