STIP News and Press, iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond From 04/26/22

With U.S. bond market yields rising to levels not seen since 2018–19, market participants appear to be debating whether rates have further room to rise from here or whether the increases now represent a renewed buying opportunity to go long duration. The rise in UST yields thus...

Only one major asset was up last week: REITs. There were some negative developments that might explain the selling. With the drop in commodities and fears about the impact of the China slowdown, the immediate effect should be for inflation and growth expectations to moderate. We didn&...

If China were to continue to pursue a Zero Covid policy amidst rising case counts, supply chains originating in Asia could get shut down again. On the food front, wheat is particularly vulnerable to a prolonged conflict, which has been reflected in the performance of wheat futures. ...

Over the past 20 years, seniors, who only wanted to put their savings in a government bond that could sustain their income needs, were faced with decreasing income. Early last year in 2021, the U.S. Government I Bond interest rate increased to 3.54%. Be aware that if the economy t...

Over the past weeks, gold prices showed a remarkable resilience to the relentless rise in both nominal and real-interest rates. Gold prices were $1,829/ozt by the end of December 2021, when TIPS yields were -1.1%. Gold is pricing in slightly higher long term inflation expectations...

Does the yield curve inversion cause a recession or does it just provide a signal? Is the inversion only about expected future monetary policy? Do other factors also influence the shape of the curve, and if so, can we disentangle the various factors? There is a lot that we don’...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has fully miscalculated the West’s response to his invasion of Ukraine. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) looks to have underestimated the underlying price pressures that have accumulated in the US economy. The developing new world order ...

The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index ticked slightly higher in March to an annualized 5.8% pace, fractionally above last month’s estimate. Using short-term momentum and medium-term mean-reversion market factors (defined below) to adjust the forecast trims GMI&#...

As the US Treasury curve approaches the point of inversion—where shorter-term yields are higher than longer-term ones—investors are taking notice. Historically, an inverted yield curve has portended a recession and weak financial markets. Given much higher yields and...

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP) - $0.5992. 30-Day SEC Yield of 9.14% as of March. 30. Payable Apr 07; for shareholders of record Apr 04; ex-div Apr 01. For further details see: iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.5992