IVOL News and Press, Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge From 03/25/21

Investors have been hearing prognostications of “runaway inflation" for more than a decade now, since the end of the global financial crisis. With central banks and governments around the world offering up unprecedented stimulus spending to combat pandemic-induced economic disr...

The magnitude of the stimulus over the past year may be driving inflationary expectations. This, combined with potential synchronized global growth and supply constraints, may all serve as tailwinds for commodity producers. VanEck Commodity Strategist and Portfolio Manager Roland ...

The Fed’s dramatic balance sheet expansion, combined with rampant deficit spending, resulted in a situation where the economic damage from the pandemic was twice as bad as that of the Great Recession of 2008, yet the damage to financial markets was just half as bad. The 2-10 sp...

One reason behind rising interest rate fears is that import prices continue to rise. Overall, import prices have risen 3% in the past 12 months, so inflationary pressures continue to build. Export prices rose 1.6% in February, following a 2.5% surge in January. In the past 12 months, ...

We spoke with Strategas Chief Investment Strategist Jason Trennert on why his team is bullish on the market despite recent volatility and key unknowns like interest rates, inflation, and tax policy. Trennert says they are not overly worried about long-term rates, especially when they&...

U.S. Fed holds rates steady and reiterates no rate hikes through 2023. Colbourne: We're in a new Fed framework of Average Inflation Targeting (AIT). Colbourne: Expect to continue to see the U.S. dollar weaker particularly against the Canadian dollar. For further details see:...

Real yields of reserve currency sovereign bonds are negative and the lowest ever. Bonds have been in a 40-year bull market that has rewarded those who were long and penalized those who were short, so the bull market has produced a large number of comfortable longs who haven't gotten s...

Most of the selling pressure in the popular NASDAQ names and the hot Chinese ADRs can be traced to "thematic investing" ETFs that specialize in "disruptive technologies". This is not the first time that the ETF industry has inflated or deflated the price of hot stocks. However, as lon...

Rising interest rates and inflation expectations are driving some income investors to take steps to mitigate the potential impact on their portfolios. There is lots of advice out there on what investors should do, however, as with everything else, it is of varying quality. We disc...

The inflation number has not gotten out of range, despite the breathtaking increase in the monetary base. The mainstream includes all causes of rising prices in their definition of inflation. We differentiate nonmonetary forces pushing up prices from the monetary forces pushing them d...