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Two months ago, Fed Chair Jerome Powell set off a market panic. He suggested the FOMC would do what it thinks is right and let asset prices go where they may. They promised at least two if not three more rate hikes in 2019. The stock market fell out of bed. Fast forward to now. The Fed...
The explanation for the sudden halt in global economic growth is found in the coincidence of peak credit combining with trade protectionism. The history of economic downturns points to a rerun of the 1929-32 period, but with fiat currencies substituted for a gold standard. Government finances...
This is the final part of the three-part series on the yield curve. You can read part I and part II by clicking here and here . In part I of this series, I started at the front-end of the yield curve, actually discussing Federal Funds Futures, as well as touched on short-term intere...
By CME Group Originally published February 27, 2019 A Treasury repurchase agreement (“repo”) is a key element of any Treasury cash/futures basis trade. For example, being long a Treasury cash/futures basis position involves a long position in cheapest to deliver...
In part I of this series, we discussed the very short end of the yield curve, actually starting with Fed Funds futures, to understand the expectations in the market today as it pertains to Federal Reserve policy. If you have not read part I, you can do so by clicking here . After analyz...
By Collin Martin Fixed-rate bonds are beginning to look more attractive than investments with floating coupon rates. Floating-rate bonds have coupon rates that are tied to short-term benchmarks, often with a strong relationship to the Federal Funds rate, the overnight rate that the Feder...
Rise of the Zombies - Precious Metals Supply and Demand Last week, the prices of gold and silver fell $35 and ¢70, respectively. But what does that mean (other than woe unto anyone who owned silver futures with leverage)? The S&P 500 index and the euro was up a bit, though the yua...
Over the last decade, how many times did you see various analysts and traders call for the end to the bond market? For many years, many were calling for the end to the bond market almost weekly. And, as we know, until 2016, they were continually wrong. However, on June 27 th 2016, I wrote...
While still a professor of Economics at Princeton, future Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was also a Research Associate for the NBER. In 1999, in his capacities with the latter organization, Bernanke advocated for widespread adoption of inflation targeting. At that time, only a few centr...
President Trump stated in January 2017 that he wanted a weak U.S. dollar. The primary reason Mr. Trump wanted a weak U.S. dollar was to reduce the country’s trade balance. In January 2017, it took about $1.07 to purchase one Euro. (It took just above $1.04 to buy a Euro in Decem...
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Barclays Bank PLC ZC SP ETN REDEEM 12/07/2021 USD 50 - Ser A Company Name:
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Barclays Bank PLC announced today that it plans to transfer the primary listing venue for 16 iPath® Exchange Traded Notes (the “ETNs”) to the Cboe Global Markets. The affected ETNs are: The first day of trading for these ETNs on the Cboe is expected to be on or about M...
Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) announced today that the NASDAQ exchange (the “Exchange”) has notified Barclays that the listing of the iPath ® US Treasury 5-year Bull ETN (the “ETNs”) (Ticker: DFVL) no longer complies with certain of the Exchan...