UBT News and Press, ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury From 03/07/24

2024-03-07 12:30:00 ET Summary On March 6, the Bank of Canada announced it would hold its key interest rate at 5%, the highest since 2007. Roughly 20% of Canadian mortgages are up for renewal in 2024 and more than that in 2025. As consumers struggle to make ends meet, financia...

2024-03-07 06:30:00 ET Summary Interest rates have a meaningful impact on the economy by damaging banks and credit markets. This has been quite clear in the last year or so. Despite this, there are still some circles of the economic world that claim monetary policy has no impact, ...

2024-03-06 20:20:00 ET Summary In 2024, like in recent years, the Federal Reserve policy rate trajectory remains top of mind for investors. While we have already seen a few emerging market central banks start to reduce interest rates, many of the developed markets have only just f...

2024-03-06 12:55:00 ET Summary Fed Chair Jay Powell's testimony to Congress suggests an inclination to cut interest rates to a more neutral level. But with inflation still above target and the activity data beating expectations, the central bank isn't in a position to do so. M...

2024-03-06 10:50:00 ET Summary One of the more noteworthy stories for the money and bond markets thus far in 2024 is the changing perception of the Fed policy outlook. While Fed officials continue to acknowledge that rate cuts seem likely later this year, a more recent development...

2024-03-06 09:05:00 ET Summary Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to testify in the House on Mar. 6 and markets will be all ears on topics that offer guidance on the outlook for interest rate cuts. The current consensus anticipates that the central bank will begin easing policy ...

2024-03-06 06:30:00 ET Summary China's National People's Congress convened this week and set a growth target of 5%. There are rumors that the US Federal Reserve’s March dot plot will show expectations for an average of only two rate cuts in 2024. Bank of Japan (BOJ) off...

2024-03-06 00:00:00 ET Summary The all-important M2 money supply continues to come back into line with long-term trends, key inflation measures are very close to the Fed's target, and money demand is returning to pre-Covid levels. The service sector (dominated by housing-related c...

2024-02-25 11:52:00 ET Summary Investment-grade CDS traded down to 51 bps Thursday, the low back to December 31, 2021. High yield CDS sank to 336 bps, the low since February 1, 2022. Nvidia added $155 billion of market capitalization (reaching $2 TN), as stocks surged further into...

2024-02-24 02:08:00 ET Summary The first part of the body of the minutes focused on evidence regarding the current state of the economy, employment, and inflation. The most interesting part of the minutes related to how participants viewed the economy and the appropriate path for ...