Not exact matches
«A bear
market in
bonds calls for more than a
global cyclical upswing, as not all forces that dragged yields down
over the past decades have suddenly vanished,» argued Peter van der Welle, a strategist at Robeco.
Yeske, for one, has been selling large - cap and small - cap U.S. stocks and buying
global real estate, emerging -
market stocks and even
bonds over the last six months.
A sharp sell - off in
bond markets this week spilled
over into
global equities with jitters that a near 30 - year run bull run for fixed income could be coming to an end.
On that occasion Australian
bond yields rose significantly more than those in the US, reflecting
market concerns that Australia would not be able to maintain control
over inflation in an environment of strong
global expansion.
Global bond yields also rose
over the February / March period but, like share
markets, have since retreated.
But as the Fed printed ever more money to buy
bonds, they created increasing amounts of liquidity that ultimately spilled
over into
global financial
markets beyond US equities and real estate.
Additionally, notwithstanding the post-election bounce in equities, both
global stock and
bond markets, especially
over the near term, may face headwinds in a number of forms, any one of which has the potential to be the catalyst for a major retracement.
Bonds with the lowest investment grade have been a
market darling
over the past decade, ballooning in size as low
global interest rates drew fund managers seeking higher returns.
With
bonds being in a bull
market over the past 35 years, does the use of aggregate
bonds with
Global Equities Momentum (GEM) overstate future expected performance?
But as the Fed printed ever more money to buy
bonds, they created increasing amounts of liquidity that ultimately spilled
over into
global financial
markets beyond US equities and real estate.
During the year, municipal
bonds enjoyed being one of the «risk off» asset classes and as low and negative yields permeated the
global bond markets municipal
bonds became a source for incremental yield
over other options.
In 2008, when the
global stock
market shed about a third of its value, broad -
market bond index funds delivered
over 6 %.
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Over 80 % of the green
bonds issued in 2017 have qualified for the S&P Green
Bond Index, which is designed to track the
global green
market.
The majority of
global equity
markets have posted negative returns,
bond yields are near record lows, the loonie has fallen to levels not seen in
over 11 years, and, to top it all off, there are some steep tax hikes on the immediate horizon.
And according to
market analysts, the plunge in U.S.
bond yields, which dragged
global bond yields lower, was either due to intense
bond - buying because of the persistent jitters
over North Korea, or worries related to Hurricane Irma (likely both).
The
global Green
Bonds market, created by Swedish bank SEB, is worth
over $ 100 billion annually.