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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. We ha...
By Colin Lloyd Following on from my previous article, " The Pension Fund Apocalypse ," these are just a few of last month's stories. Danske Bank ([[DNSKF]]) of Denmark introduces the first negative 10-year fixed-rate mortgage. The German Finance Ministry voices disappointment at the ...
Elga discusses how conventional and unconventional monetary policy space is limited and rapidly being used up even before central banks respond to the next downturn, let alone a full-blown recession. This is the second in a series of four blogs on the topic of "Dealing with the next downturn....
By Jeffrey Kleintop If Japan represents what the debt and demographic future looks like for many countries, then the future for investors in a world of negative bond yields may lead to more stock market exposure. Japan as the future Japan was the first major country to: Adopt a zer...
Originally published on Aug. 20, 2019 By Philip Lawlor, managing director, head of global markets research The inversion of a widely watched part of the US Treasury yield curve last week has rattled markets already nervous about slowing global growth. Such events warrant attention give...
"The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions." - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) There is no question really that we are slipping further and further down the rabbit hole. The amount of negative yielding bonds was $12.2 trillion in 2016. A few weeks ago we had $13 trillion of the...
Negative yields may be taking their toll on investor demand, as the world's first 30-year bond offering a zero coupon struggled to find buyers. More news on: Vanguard Total International Bond ETF, Templeton Global Income Fund, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays International Treasury Bond ETF, Global...
Now look at them yo-yos, that's the way you do it You click a keystroke 1-2-3 That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your checks for free Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do it Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb Maybe get a blister on your little...
There are now more than $13 trillion worth of negative-yielding bonds in the global market. Just the idea of it runs counter to logic, and yet, the amount continues to grow. Two questions that we get often from investors are, "How did we get here?" and "Could it happen in the United State...
"Bond markets are sending one big global recession warning" You have to be kidding me! This headline from CNBC greeted me this morning and appears to give us a significant reason for the Dow Jones, S&P and Nasdaq indices suffering a sharp decline today. It is just one more instance o...