IGOV News and Press, iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond From 01/12/20

We were thrilled to hear the experts/pundits speak on Friday as well as Barron's most recent roundtable of 10 experts write on Saturday about how cautious/pessimistic they are about the prospects for the financial markets in 2020. There clearly is no over exuberance or froth in the marketplace...

"And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call…" - Jefferson Airplane One of the most important bankruptcy attorneys in the United States lives in Fort Lauderdale. I am proud that he is a friend of min...

Jack Aldrich: Previously, on The Bid: Philipp Hildebrand: So the way we framed this discussion over the last two days is really to say on the one hand, we have a cycle that continues to be in place. It gets extended, again supported by further monetary policy easing. And at the same time...

Most central banks around the world joined the G3 in 2019 by easing monetary conditions, a trend that should persist in 2020. For its part, the Federal Reserve (Fed) course-corrected three times to address global headwinds and improve domestic business conditions. The effects of these coordina...

The global bond market sell-off continued in November, pushing many European benchmark bond yields closer to positive territory. At month end, nearly 53.1% of European government bonds closed with a negative yield, down from 57.6% in October and 63.1% in September. The largest mover was the ...

Originally published on December 18, 2019 Today, shortly after Paul Volcker's passing and his memorial service, and shortly after Mario Draghi passed the baton of the European Central Bank to Christine Lagarde, I can't help but reflect on the heroism of these people and the heroism of Ben ...

The title quote is from Tad Rivelle, Chief Investment Officer of TCW (Los Angeles-based fixed-income management company), who manages one of the largest actively managed bond funds. He goes on to comment about the implications of the negative rate policy that has been implemented by Japan and ...

It is hard to believe that we went from the worst fourth quarter performance last year since 1931 to the best gain for the year in 2019 since 2013. We believe that there are more gains to be made in 2020 as the global economies recover after a sluggish performance this year bolstered by contin...

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While sentiment has been at best mixed about the direction of the US economy the past few months, the European economy cannot even manage that much. Its most vocal proponent couldn't come up with much good to say about it - while he was on his way out the door . At his final press confere...