Bonds
The bond market is flashing a warning sign a recession may be coming. Here’s why
A Trader on the floor of the NYSE David Dee Delgado | Getty Images The bond market is flashing a warning sign for the U.S. economy. That harbinger is called an “inverted yield curve.” These inversions in the bond market have been reliable predictors of past recessions. Part of the yield curve inverted on Monday. […]
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Interest rates are rising and bond prices are falling. Here’s what investors can do to prepare
Rising yields and falling bond prices could shake up investors’ portfolios. Here’s how to rethink your asset allocation. Source
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The SEC climate rule: 7 things investors need to know
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the SEC headquarters in Washington, on July 22, 2021. Melissa Lyttle/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday unveiled a sweeping proposal to expand investors’ insight into the threat that climate change poses to public companies and how they contribute to a […]
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The bond market is stoking the debate that a recession is coming, but it may not be
The bond market is signaling a higher chance of recession at the same time it is pricing in more Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. Source
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Traders bet on an aggressive Fed and predict half-point rate hikes in May, June
Jerome Powell, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, attends the National Association of Business Economicseconomic policy conference in Washington, D.C, United States on March 21, 2022. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Traders are betting Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s tough inflation talk means the central bank will step on the throttle to […]
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Russian bond yields spike as trading resumes after month-long pause
Some Russian assets returned to trading on Monday after almost a month on the sidelines, with bidding on OFZ government bonds open for limited hours on the Moscow Exchange. The Central Bank of Russia announced on Friday that trading in federal loan bonds would resume on a discrete auction basis between 10 a.m. and 11 […]
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Russia seems to have averted its historic bond default — for now
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with representatives of the business community at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia February 24, 2022. Aleksey Nikolskyi | Sputnik | via Reuters Russia appears to have sidestepped a historic debt default as it claims to have fulfilled crucial interest payments on two dollar-denominated eurobonds. Russia’s Finance Ministry […]
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BlackRock’s Rieder sees more downside in the short term and is holding more cash than usual
BlackRock’s Rick Rieder said stocks still have a ways to fall in a period of uncertainty, but they should be higher at the end of the year. Source
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Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will knock 30 years of progress off the Russian economy
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses a rally at the Manezhnaya Square just outside the Kremlin in Moscow, late on March 4, 2012. Dmitry Astakhov | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war on Ukraine and the resulting global response will set Russia’s economy back by at least 30 years — close […]
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