Bonds
Bonds Articles
One Federal Reserve president, who is not an FOMC voting member, has indicated that one rate hike in 2016 might be appropriate as the economic fundamentals remain strong enough.
Published:
Last Updated:
In the latest Merrill Lynch RIC Report, which is effectively a culmination of the firm's top research ideas, views and advice for clients, the one common theme throughout was where to find yields.
Published:
Last Updated:
It turns out that there may just be a few points driving all this gold demand. And to make matters even more complex, those pressures may only get stronger ahead.
Published:
Last Updated:
It would normally be huge news when a company sells almost $20 billion in debt. These days it seems like ‘just another corporate giant is raising cash’ as we have seen many large bond offerings....
Published:
Last Updated:
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has decided to leave interest rates unchanged at its two-day June meeting. This should hardly be a surprise to any economist or to any...
Published:
Last Updated:
Investors often wonder what to think when the stock market hits new all-time highs. Do they sell or do they chase the market higher?
Published:
Last Updated:
Treasury yields may still be too low for most sensible U.S. investors to chase today, but the yields on long-term rates have started ticking back up from the post-Brexit lows. Maybe a record stock...
Published:
Last Updated:
The default rate on U.S. high-yield bonds rose to nearly 5% in the first half of 2016, with a total value of more than $50 billion.
Published:
Last Updated:
After all the talk of interest rate hikes and gradually tightening monetary policy from the Federal Reserve, interest rates on the 10-year bond have touched record lows yet again.
Published:
Last Updated:
If the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ends up voting to hold the target fed funds rate as is, then a potentially embarrassing situation for the Fed could develop.
Published:
Last Updated:
According to a report came from Fitch Ratings, there was a whopping $10.4 trillion in sovereign debt with negative yields in May.
Published:
Last Updated:
24/7 Wall St. has decided to track seven funds, all either closed-end funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs), that offer yields of 10% or more.
Published:
Last Updated:
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering using IOUs to pay vendors with the goal of conserving cash. Payments would include some cash and some bond-like paper (commonly called an IOU...
Published:
Last Updated:
If you are among those who want the Federal Reserve to never raise interest rates again, you might not be pleased about the Minutes of the April 26 to 27 FOMC meeting. This does not of course mean...
Published:
Last Updated:
Starbucks on Monday announced that it had closed what it said it is the first corporate sustainability bond issued in the United States.
Published:
Last Updated: