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Markets continue to move based on the expectation of a post-virus boom. At least that is the dominant narrative right now. As I said last week, nominal and real yields are rising, the yield curve is steepening and those are positive signs for the economy. The dominant belief today...
For US Treasury investors, the starting place for inflation today is tough-there's not enough inflation-adjusted yield to cushion the pain. Treasury inflation-protected securities and similar inflation-linked bonds globally will outperform comparable-maturity Treasury bonds if inflati...
Unprecedented monetary and fiscal policy over the last decade has helped support several of the fastest economic recoveries on record in the U.S. We believe investors anticipating the possibility of an increase in inflation or global growth should seek to maintain or add exposure to n...
VanEck CEO Jan van Eck's latest investment outlook explores the recent bitcoin rally and the underlying trends supporting it. He discusses what economic growth looks like in 2021 after the worst year for the economy since World War II. He also discusses the impact of higher intere...
Bonds were selling off, stocks were selling off, commodities were rallying. What really happened last week was the market's real growth expectations improved. What investors should have learned last week is that diversification does indeed work and it works when you need it most. ...
Commodity prices and inflation expectations (below since 1995) have been following government and central bank stimulus flows higher over the past six months. Higher commodity and interest rates weigh heavily on spending and recovery at this part of the economic cycle because jobs rem...
The big news of the week was the spike in interest rates, which according to the press reports I read, "came out of nowhere". Last week's economic reports were mostly positive and better than expected. US stocks took a breather last week but global stocks managed a small gain. ...
With some $14 trillion invested in US equities alone, even a modest increase in passive investments into ETFs would reap significant rewards in fees. This new commodities super cycle proposition is based largely on a repeat of the last. Volatility in the current loose global monet...
Risk assets continued their historic run last week with EM equities and commodities leading the way. Bonds sold off as the 10-year Treasury note yield broke above 1.20% for the first time since the lows last spring. The 10-year TIPS yield closed the week at 1.02%, near the all-tim...
This article series provides a weekly summary of dividend changes. A summary table provides relevant data and key statistics of dividend increases. We highlight one of the stocks that announced a dividend increase, providing a quality assessment and performance, earnings, and valu...