ITE News and Press, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury From 09/22/19

The pundits and the media were debating for several weeks leading up to the last Fed meeting about what the Fed was going to do and the effect they thought it would have on the market. And, it amazes me that the great majority of the market does not realize how much of a waste of time these de...

As the Chief Global Strategist, Fixed Income for my firm, I am often overwhelmed by the various tasks I am involved in daily. I spend a good bit of the early morning, I get up at about 3:30 A.M., seven days a week, just doing one thing, which is "thinking." Playing the "Great Game" is not for ...

The Fed's cut was in-line with consensus expectations. Their future outlook will certainly not please our President. Chairman Powell's position that we are in a "mid-cycle adjustment" seems to be what has driven the Fed to their conclusion. This viewpoint, I believe, is in error. What is mis...

By Kathy A Jones Investors have watched bond yields in Europe and Japan slide below zero into negative territory, and some have wondered: Could it happen here? Although you can never say never when it comes to markets, I believe the odds are slim, for reasons discussed below. First, so...

State Street (NYSE: STT ) Global Advisors rebrands seven SPDR exchange-traded funds, adding them to its SPDR Portfolio Suite, and lowers net expense ratios on three of them. More news on: State Street Corporation, SPDR Index Shares Funds - SPDR MSCI ACWI IMI ETF, SPDR STOXX Europe 50 ETF...

State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced the addition of seven rebranded SPDR ETFs to the SPDR Portfolio suite. Introduced in 2017 and attracting $34.4 billion in new assets in just two years, 1 the SPDR Portfolio off...

By Ryan McMaken The money supply growth rate fell in August, dropping to a 150-month low. To find a lower growth rate, we need to go back to August 2007, when the rate was 1.59 percent. During August, year-over-year growth in the money supply was at 1.87 percent. That was down from July'...

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) followed through on its July rate cut with another 25-basis point reduction in its policy rate on Wednesday. This move was widely anticipated across the gamut of economists and investors. Markets were modestly disappointed that the Fed did not flag even m...

The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points but failed to give a clear signal on future cuts. Anthony Okolie talks with James Orlando, Senior Economist, TD Bank Read more ...

The Fed has different priorities than the ECB, the Bank of Japan, the Swiss National Bank, et al. During the press conference today following the FOMC meeting, Fed chair Jerome Powell was asked if and when the Fed would push its policy interest rate into the negative. Powell did not respond ...