IGOV News and Press, iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond From 03/01/21

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 ...

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...

After a fairly calm December for global government bonds, 2021 got off to an active start with a widespread market sell-off. In Europe, the yield on Sweden's 10-year benchmark note saw the largest increase among its peers. A political crisis engulfed Italy on January 13, when Matt...

With the Bank of Israel announcing a staggering $6.8bn of FX intervention in January alone, we review some of the factors driving this activity. Look at how the theme of FX intervention will develop through the year. We suspect the new US Administration will have little tolerance ...

At WisdomTree, we think there is a unique opportunity presented in developed markets-one best accessed through a quality- and dividend growth-focused framework. In 2015, we launched the WisdomTree International Hedged Quality Dividend Growth Fund (IHDG), which seeks to track the Wisdo...

Central banks, the Federal Reserve in particular, have really pivoted its policy approach to let inflation, if it were to start to pick up, to let it run a little bit hotter than maybe they have in prior cycles. Each energy cycle, I think, has played a part in influencing how investor...

We are still grappling with the ravages of COVID-19, but vaccinations are being administered across the globe and should help bring confidence - and economic growth - back later in the year. Europe will almost assuredly see a double-dip recession, but that is due to lockdowns that are...

The wild swings in government bond yields that characterized most of 2020 were largely muted in December. Finland's 10-year government bond yield saw the largest movement, falling by more than 5 basis points to finish at -0.44%. Australian 10-year bond yield increased by more than...