bonds

As expected (by me and pretty much everyone else) the Fed held interest rates unchanged and announced that it would commence its balance sheet normalization plan in...

The July round of flash manufacturing PMIs showed a slight but important rebound in the "global flash manufacturing PMI" (an indicator I put together based on the...

Australia's main fixed-income index — against which almost all superannuation funds benchmark — delivered its fourth worst return in modern history over the 12 months...

When we said yesterday that considering June’s seasonal weakness investors should keep some ammunition for buying opportunities later in the month, we didn’t imagine...

A reset has occurred in the bond markets with sentiment going from extreme pessimism - expecting higher yields, back to the opposite side with the bond sentiment...

Just wanted to quickly share this chart - it shows consumer sentiment across developed and emerging economies (GDP weighted) using the Reuters/Ipsos Consumer Sentiment...

I wanted to highlight this chart because the latest data basically makes it start to look like it's going against my previous thinking. The "flash global...

One of most reliable early warning indicators of an impending equity bear market is the shape of the US yield curve. When short-term interest rates are higher than...

Over the past 12-months, the 3-year Australian Government Bond has risen just 21 basis points from ~1.8% a year ago, to 2.01% now. For an average retiree with an...