Analysis: Interest Rates

Big banks settle Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bond rigging litigation in U.S

Thirteen prominent banks and financial services companies agreed to pay $337 million to resolve claims by investors that they conspired to rig prices of bonds issued by mortgage companies Fannie Mae...

Fed keeps rates on hold, points to 'favorable' economic outlook next year

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady and signaled borrowing costs will not change anytime soon, with moderate economic growth and historically low unemployment expected to...

Deutsche Börse : France fines Morgan Stanley $22 million for bond manipulation

France's markets watchdog AMF said on Tuesday it had fined U.S bank Morgan Stanley 20 million euros for manipulation of sovereign bonds....

Fed minutes show rates on hold, little hurry to change course

A divided Federal Reserve that decided to hit pause in its easing cycle following a rate cut in October signaled in minutes of last month's meeting it was in no hurry to reassess the path of interest...

Lower mortgage rates boost U.S. housing starts, building permits

U.S. homebuilding rebounded in October and permits for future home construction jumped to a more than 12-year high, pointing to strength in the housing market amid lower mortgage rates.

SoftBank : WeWork bond drops, spread hits a record on report of delayed share tender

WeWork's junk bond price dropped and its risk premium shot to a record high on Thursday following a report that its main backer still hasn't delivered on a plan to buy $3 billion of stock from...

WeWork bond drops, spread hits a record on report of delayed share tender

WeWork's junk bond price dropped and its risk premium shot to a record high on Thursday following a report that its main backer still hasn't delivered on a plan to buy $3 billion of stock from...

Singapore fines UBS $8 million over deceptive bond trades

Singapore said on Thursday it had fined UBS S$11.2 million after investigations showed the Swiss bank deceived wealthy clients over prices for bonds and structured products. ...

S&P 500 : U.S. Fed cuts interest rates, signals it is on hold

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates for the third time this year to help sustain U.S. growth despite a slowdown in other parts of the world, but signaled there would be no further...

Brazil rates to hit record low 5.00%, seen falling further

Brazil's benchmark interest rate will be cut to a record low of 5.00% on Wednesday, according to the unanimous view in a Reuters poll of economists, as the central bank battles to spur economic growth...

Wall Street Week Ahead: Bond fund managers see risk Fed cuts rates to zero

Speculation the Federal Reserve will continue cutting interest rates well past its policy meeting next week is pushing some bond fund managers into assets ranging from short-term Treasury bills to...

Divided Fed set to cut interest rates this week, but then what?

Deep disagreements within the Federal Reserve over the economic outlook and how the U.S. central bank should respond will not stop policymakers from cutting interest rates at a two-day meeting that...

Rates : TBT Advance Gains Momentum

As we noted in our article last week, we have had strong reasons technically as well as from a macro perspective to be bullish on the ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury since its low just under...

Rates : Calling the TBT Low ... Where Is Yield Heading Next?

On September 6, with the ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury reaching a new low in its 7-month corrective process, we noted that Dec-Sep correction could be at or nearing a downside exhaustion....

Negative interest rates are profitable for some. You???

                 Would you lend a big amount of money with a negative interest rate?  Negative means that, instead of being rewarded for your money with...

Larry Fink: only investment can save global economy from the consequences of negative rates

                  Larry Fink is the CEO of BlackRock. The huge, versatile global money manager is worried. About the negative interest...

Bonds still ahead of shares. For how long?

    Last year, fixed income mutual funds, that is bonds, attracted 286 billion dollars, while equity funds got only 220 billion dollars. In the first 4 months of 2015, 153...