Fed Chair Jerome Powell: Economy Growing Faster than Anticipated
In his semiannual testimony to Congress starting with the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell…
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Bond ETF Goes Long High-Yield, Short U.S. Treasury
The June jobs report released last Friday revealed better-than-forecasted job growth with 213,000 jobs created, 9.23 percent better than the forecasted 195,000,…
Floating Rate Bond ETF Takes Advantage of Short-Term Maturities
When it comes to fixed income investing, investors may seek long-term bonds to extract its benefits of higher returns in lieu of…
Bond Markets Watching How Trade Disputes Impact Rates
Nichola Hunter, chief executive officer at trading venue LiquidityEdge, discussed the bond market, her outlook for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, and…
Treasury Yields Could Be on the Rise
Scott Thiel, a deputy chief investment officer of fixed income at BlackRock, was on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe” to discuss the current state…
The Fed: More Hawkish, but What Did You Expect?
By Dr. David Kelly via Iris.xyz As forecast for the unemployment rate. It is worth noting, however, that the expected, the Federal Reserve…
3 Fixed Income ETFs to Watch in 2nd Half of 2018
As government debt yields continue to slide amid trade concerns in the first half of 2018, more investors are willing to accept…
10-Year Treasury Yield will Fall to 2.3%, Says HSBC
Daniela Russell, HSBC Head of U.K. Rates Strategy, visited with Bloomberg to discuss the 10-year Treasury yield, which she sees falling to…
4 Corporate Bond ETFs Showing Signs of Interest
The Dow Jones Equal Weight U.S. Issued Corporate Bond Index has been inching up higher year-to-date–about 27 percent–and interest in these four…
Fixed Income Expert Says Watch Front of Yield Curve
Rick Rieder, BlackRock global chief investment officer of fixed income, was interviewed by CNBC to discuss the state of fixed income markets and…
Fallen Angel ETF Contends With Rates, Trade Issues
While there are some concerns about traditional high-yield corporate bonds and the related ETFs, the VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEArca:…
Sheila Bair: Fed Needs To Consider A Digital Currency
Well it’s certainly a lot better than it was prior to the crisis. But I think there are a lot of unknowns.…
Goldman Strategist Sees Weaker Stock Prices Despite Higher Earnings
Multinational investment bank Goldman Sachs estimates full-year corporate earnings in 2018 to be $159 per share, which equates to $9 more than…
Antares Fixed Income Manager Discusses Current Volatility
Antares Fixed Income Manager Dr. Tano Pelosi spoke with Ross Kent, Global Head of Institutional Distribution, NAB Asset Management about increasing volatility…