TIPZ News and Press, PIMCO Broad U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund From 08/01/22

We highlight the top three behavioral biases to avoid in the new, volatile market regime - and give tips on how investors can try to overcome them. Stocks rallied and yields fell last week after markets concluded the Fed’s pace of rate hikes will slow. We are less sanguine and ...

It’s all about high inflation at the moment. The Federal Reserve is certainly focused on inflation risk and is set to raise interest rates again in July 27’s policy announcement. A key reason that inflation’s trend tends to reverse during recessions: tighter monet...

Market views of Fed rate hikes have swung sharply. We see more volatility ahead as long as central banks think they can curb inflation without crushing growth. Yields spiked before easing after the ECB raised rates by 0.5% last week. We expect it to pause hikes before the Fed as the e...

Energy inflation could be volatile. The energy supply situation is particularly dire due to the proximity of the Ukraine crisis. Consumer prices could stay hot well into the winter — and many investors appear unprepared. By Thanos Bardas, PhD; Olumide Owolabi; &...

The PIMCO 1-5 Year U.S. TIPS Index ETF (STPZ) invests in the short-term segment of the US TIPS market. This was the place to be as rates climbed. PIMCO also offers an ETF that covers the full maturity spectrum (TIPZ) and one focused on the long maturity part (LTPZ). Some review of all...

Even though I expect reported inflation to remain uncomfortably high through at least the end of this year, it's becoming clear, on the margin, that the inflation dynamics are improving for the better. A strong dollar has almost always coincided with weak commodity prices, but we saw ...

Commodities (used in the production of goods) are considered a leading indicator of inflation. Recessions are a normal corrective phase of the economic cycle, but politicians, central banks, most financial advisors, and economists never see them coming. Central bank policies can h...

Earnings for the S&P 500, according to Howard Silverblatt’s work at S&P, are expected to rise 7.7% in 2022. Growth stocks were grossly overvalued going into that bear market and they took the brunt of the damage. Real estate did well last week with rates falling bac...

In a more fractured world, we believe governments and corporate decision-makers will increasingly focus on searching for safety and building resilience. Looking forward, rather than reaching for yield, we believe that investors will be reaching for resilience in their portfolio constr...

The Federal Reserve panicked last week and spooked investors into the worst week for stocks since the onset of COVID in March 2020. For bonds to rally, we need rates to fall and that will only come with better inflation news and/or weaker economic data. It is a very uncertain time...