Analysis: Interest Rates

US 10Y Cash : Some headwinds remain

Yields on both sides of the Atlantic are recovering against a backdrop of continued restrictive monetary policy.

Money Market Funds: What are we talking about?

In its latest weekly commentary, Bank of America wonders whether money market funds could be the next bubble, given the rapid growth of their assets under management, which reached $5,100 billion in...

US 10Y Cash : Have we reached a peak on rates?

The US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have raised their key rates by 25 basis points to 5% and 4.25% respectively. While the fight against inflation is still officially on the agenda,...

Will the Fed and BoE follow the same path as the ECB?

While the European Central Bank was the focus of last week, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England will in turn announce their monetary policy decisions. Between the fight against inflation...

US 10Y Cash : Is the US yield curve a leading indicator of a recession?

A promise is a promise. After my previous article on US rates, we will talk about the yield curve. Yes, this famous curve which is the subject of much ink and which Romain Fournier regularly talks...

US: Where is the neutral rate?

The Soccer/football World Cup is in full steam, and all staff at MarketScreener is making various kinds of predictions and other online bets. However, our favorite subject is more economic than...

LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton : World stocks dip after new highs, dollar falls

Major global stock indexes scaled new peaks on Wednesday before shedding gains that anticipated a strong recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, while the dollar dipped to three-week lows as Treasury...

Analysis: Investments get 'real' as inflation fears dim appeal of bonds

Electric vehicle infrastructure, top-end offices and industrial metals - with a resurgence in inflation seemingly on the horizon, investors are slashing their exposure to bonds in favour of real...

Dow Jones Industrial Average : S&P 500 sets record high, crypto market cap passes $2 trillion

A string of surprisingly robust economic data boosted investor risk appetite on Monday, which sent the S&P 500 and the Dow to all-time closing highs and boosted cryptocurrency market cap over the $2...

Apple : Big tech lifts equities as Biden rebuilding plan in focus

The dollar hit a one-year high versus the yen as technology stocks led Wall Street and a key gauge of global equities higher on Wednesday ahead of an announcement by President Joe Biden of a...

Nomura flags $2 billion loss, cancels bond issue; shares plummet

TOKYO -Nomura Holdings Inc on Monday flagged a possible $2 billion loss at a U.S. subsidiary, prompting Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank to shelve a hefty bond issuance and sending its...

Equities, oil prices surge as Suez Canal shutdown continues

Global equity benchmarks and oil prices jumped on Friday while safe havens such as the dollar and U.S. Treasuries dipped as hopes for a global economic recovery overshadowed the continued blockage of...

Politically correct? Bond market steers clear of judgment calls

When Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in 2018, London-based hedge fund manager Dominic Armstrong bet investors would be turned off and the kingdom's debt would take a beating. ...

Analysis: Investors seek out 'back to the future' trades to beat inflation as bond yields rise

Widespread expectations of a coming U.S. economic boom are forcing bond fund managers to dust off their playbooks to combat a nemesis they have not had to worry about for more than a decade:...

Global equities move higher, bonds gain as Europe COVID cases rise

Global equities gained and safe-haven assets such as U.S. Treasuries rallied on Monday as investors weighed rising coronavirus cases in Europe against a break in the recent run-up of bond yields...

Bond managers say pace of rise in U.S. bond yields "unsettling"

NEW YORK -The recent pace of the rise in yields in the U.S. Treasury market has been unsettling, according to several major bond fund managers who worry the market could be viewed as disorderly if...

U.S. yields ease from 14-month highs, oil bounces back

NEW YORK/LONDON -Benchmark U.S. bond yields edged back from 14-month highs on Friday as investors digested the Federal Reserve's move to let a key leverage exemption expire, while oil prices...

Explainer: What rising bond yields mean for markets

Yields on U.S. Treasuries have surged to their highest level in more than a year from record lows hit in 2020, as Federal Reserve commitments to hold rates near zero for years to come encouraged...

EasyJet : British Airways owner IAG raises $1.4 billion to ride out travel turmoil

British Airways owner IAG raised 1.2 billion euros in a bond issue it said would help it survive a potentially longer than expected travel downturn. ...