S&P Global Ratings expects strong green bond market fundamentals to fuel a 8% increase in self-labeled instruments globally in 2019, despite a bearish global fixed-income market. In the video below, analyst Noemie de la Gorce explains what’s driving this growth and what to look out for. Pla...
This was a surprise declaration and a complete 180-degree flip on the higher-for-longer narrative that the Fed had embraced going into the meeting voiced by several Fed officials. The news triggered an amazing rally within the bond market that drove the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury...
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The slow economic growth that sparked the recent rallies in the bond market is also tempering housing demand, economists say. As a result, only a minor and short-lived gain in mortgage volume is expected. And the consensus is that rates should float back up for the balance of the year....
"We see lower risks for the rest of the year as some of the default candidates rolled off and others already materialized, while new additions were limited," the bank's analysts said in a research note. Problems are expected to stay concentrated in China's property sector and ...
longer-term rates and mortgage rates have moved measurably higher. This trend wasn't improved with the December rate cut and new forecast for firmer inflation next year. In addition to this, bond investors are wary about the unknown impact on inflation from any changes to tariff and immigration...
Lower Bond and Treasury Yields:Right now the FED is sticking it to the equities market due to their desperate search for cash to pay out on debt liabilities. That’s drawn money into the bond market for comparatively weak ROI for investors who want a lot more than a few percent growth. ...
For example, Roland suggests long-term investors consider "high-quality bonds as an attractive complement to stocks." Roland adds, "the aggregate bond index is now generating a yield of nearly 5% income, near the highest levels in 20 years. We see the potential for equity-like retu...
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