They say the stock market doesn't peak until the last bear turns bullish. Bull markets "die on euphoria," as the late Sir John Templeton used to say. The Contrarian Approach…
(FT) The $68 trillion global sovereign and corporate bond market returned negative 4.8% in 2021, marking its worst performance since 1999. The negative returns, measured by the Barclays global aggregate…
(Bloomberg) Two-thirds of 52 economists in a survey predict that the Federal Reserve will announce a bond tapering on the November 2-3 meeting. The prediction is earlier than expected in…
The stock and bond market has had a love-hate relationship. During the risk-off events like the recent Covid-19 crisis, investors flee to safer assets such as bonds while they withdraw…
Highly indebted Chinese companies are sending shivers among global investors with $2.14 trillion of bonds due by 2023, according to NIKKEI Asia. Investors believe Beijing is unlikely to bail out…
Avi Hooper, Invesco Ltd.’s senior portfolio manager, sees unsustainable yields on Canadian bonds, according to Bloomberg. Hooper says the bonds have risen too far and too quick, failing to match…
China’s sovereign bonds gained 1% in the first quarter, the only ones to rise among the 20 largest global debt markets, according to Yahoo! finance. The gains were helped by…
A bond is essentially a loan that the bondholder, also known as the purchaser of the bond, gives to the issuer of the bond. Municipalities, Corporations, and governments issue bonds…
Income investing is an investment strategy that involves buying assets that generate dependable and regular cash. The goal of income investing is to grow your funds over a long-period of…