You might associate bonds with the stock market because they are so commonly paired with stocks in a portfolio, but technically bonds are
traded on the bond market.
An interesting study of hurricanes and their
impact on the bond market suggests that economic activity generated by the massive rebuilding effort following Irma and Harvey will likely put upward pressure on long - term interest rates.
The benefit for the bond market in the fiscal improvement is clearly illustrated by the fact that, in the current fiscal year, the Government's net
call on the bond market for new funds has been only about $ 4 billion, compared with $ 14 billion two years earlier.
Jon Smith, of DT Investment Partners, discusses the effect of an interest rate
hike on bond markets... see why we prefer individual bond holdings over engineered ETFs in this environment.
Corporate Europe depends less
on bond markets for financing than does corporate America, so the banking system is the main financial intermediary in the region.
With RPI inflation at 5.5 % - the figure was published yesterday - and our gilt rate at 2.37 %, the real rate of return is
negative on our bond markets and that is a very fragile situation for the markets.
Aubrey discusses some key takeaways of the past 12 months
on bond markets in preparation for what's ahead.
Deutsche Bank also thinks there are also potentially endogenous factors, or factors directly inside the market,
weighing on the bond market's behavior.
Tighter
regulation on bond markets has crimped appetite for bonds in the region, he said, noting that subscriptions for three government bonds issued at the end of last year lagged expectations.
World stocks rose 20 percent last year, significantly outpacing the
average on bond markets, meaning the relative value of funds» equity holdings has increased without a single new share being bought.
-LSB-...] why Wall Street's significant call
on the bond market place is all wrong — In excess of and more than we have read Wall Road call for the end of the thirty - calendar year bond bull market -LSB-...]
That was enough to spark a sell -
off on bond markets, which drove the interest rate the U.S. government must pay to borrow money to rise to its highest level since October 2011.
This podcast covers many areas of investing, including his current
opinions on the bond market and how it might affect stocks, his thoughts on commodities, and why he continues to believe in cryptocurrencies long - term.
Unable to access
credit on bond markets, many of these countries were forced to accept IMF bailouts in exchange for blistering austerity measures.
As for the 2002 carnage, I sent Cramer
e-mails on the bond market back then, and this CC post recounts one of them, where Cramer used one of my e-mails for a post (he did that twice in 2002):
The major banks recently raised some of their fixed - rate mortgage rates to reflect their costs of
borrowing on bond markets, which have more effect on longer - term mortgage rates than does the Bank of Canada's overnight rate.
Canadian mortgage lenders raise the money they
need on the bond markets and bond yields have risen since the U.S. election last year, pushing up the cost of fixed - rate mortgages.
His blog publishes an invaluable weekly economic
review on the Bond Market, International Economics, and Equity and Economics.
threads through what is happening in the national economy, where things may be headed and why as well as the potential impact of the economic
situation on the bond market and interest rates and how it will impact the housing market and us as individuals is the core focus of the newsletters.
David Kotok, chairman at Cumberland Advisors, discusses the Fed's policy path next year, the impact of the rate
hikes on the bond market and his outlook for 2016.
UK gilts and corporate bond markets widened 8 bps, again in fear that rising rates will put negative
pressure on bond markets.
The credit and mortgage market turmoil created a
drag on bond markets, which impacted the rankings of many markets.
-LSB-...] why Wall Street's big
call on the bond market is all wrong — Over and over we have heard Wall Street call for the end of the 30 - year bond bull -LSB-...]