bond yields

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I handpicked from around the web and from Twitter posts. The purpose of this wire is to add extra...

Returns on bonds can be further increased when bonds approaching their maturity or call dates are reinvested ahead of time. We look at the benefits of actively...

Treasury Yields and the Long-Term Rate of Inflation: A lot of people have gotten excited about the surge in annual inflation rates, but in my view it’s arguably...

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria may have devastated parts of the US in 2017 but the Janet Yellen-led Federal Reserve was determined to persist with an unprecedented...

For the first time in over a decade, it looks like overnight cash rates are finally going to rise at some stage in 2022.This is the moment the bond doomsayers have...

Despite COVID's continued grip on our lives and, of course, mounting fears of inflation, Munro Partners, Tribeca Investment Partners and Redpoint Investment Management...

The inflection points in financial markets look clearer in the charts than they feel in the heat of the moment. When it comes to monetary policy, the watersheds are...

A supercycle bull market in bonds, which saw 10-year yields fall from around 16% to lows last year of around zero (and lower still in some countries) has been a key...

Capital markets do not always behave as expected, as evidenced by the decline in core government bond yields in recent weeks, and the flattening yield curves that have...

The G & T might be replaced with the T & T on the Northern Hemisphere cocktail circuit this summer – tapering and transitory will feature prominently in conversations...

The ASX200 pushed ever higher last week taking its advance to ~12% year to date but following sharp losses in the US on Friday this week’s going to start off on a...

In the AFR today I write about what an incredible week it was for markets. The fourth-largest monthly decline in unemployment on record and yet the Aussie dollar fell...

While the battle against COVID-19 isn’t yet won, the emergence of vaccines has provided a faint light of hope at the end of the tunnel. And with the world’s biggest...

Bonds have been in the news lately as we have seen growth rebound, inflation expectations rebound, and bond yields rising. In our April 2021 Update from the Australia...

In what now seems a distant memory, Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (A-REITs) were rallying at the start of 2020, reaching a peak on 20 February 2020, up by...

The sharp rise in bond rates from below 1% at the end of last year to now 1.7% caused a sell-off in yield-sensitive sectors such as REITs. Consistent with market...

The recent spike in US Treasury bond yields is a clear warning that investors globally are again starting to worry about inflation and the potential impact it could...

Well, that's a wrap on reporting season, and what a boomer of a season it was. Data provided by FNArena shows that February 2021 had the lowest percentage of companies...

There are a number of arguments being advanced to suggest the stock market is in a gigantic bubble that is at risk of bursting imminently. Some of the arguments relate...

With exceptionally low yields across most developed markets and asset classes, investors are increasingly having to take more risk to achieve higher returns. Even...