TIPS are a popular asset for protecting portfolios from inflation and profiting from it because they pay interest every six months based on a fixed rate determined at the bond’s auction. However, the interest payment amounts can vary since the rate is applied to the adjusted principal or valu...
Invesco’s Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF(PDBC), the largest commodity ETF by assets, is up nearly 25% this year. “The Olympics are going to be a great litmus test” for the market, Lydon said. “If we can get through that without any major disruption...
With three rate hikes already complete, the Fed is expected to continue hiking until inflation moderates closer to its preferred target of 2% annualized. China’s reopening and a near-term conclusion to the Russian invasion could alleviate some of the pressure on the Fed, and perhaps put an...
Hard question. Utilities are safe. People will keep using power, water and the like. But they are also, traditionally, bond substitutes. The average dividend yield among S&P 500 utilities is 3.5 per cent, according to CapitalIQ. A riskless five-year Treasury is paying 85 basis points more t...
Start-up trading platform Trumid has announced a $208m capital boost from several Wall Street investors, hoping to benefit from a pandemic-driven surge in electronic bond trading as it seeks to use technology to change the way corporate debt is bought and sold. Point Break Capital Management le...
This, too, has been nothing to celebrate, because a firmer dollar is bad for many of the multinational companies that call the S&P 500 home and have a bottom line vulnerable to violent swings in exchange rates. But the impact of bond yields and the dollar on portfolios is just...
"The main thing we learned in this reopening trade was that we thought it was going to be this smooth trend of all this good stuff happening. What we're starting to realize is it's probably going to be a little bit bumpier," said Jim Caron, head of global macro strategies ...
Narrator:A more telling indicator for broader inflation might be what you’re paying for that same breakfast at a restaurant. While overall food prices have jumped 2.4% from a year ago, restaurant meals have gone up 3.8%. One reason is restaurants just have more expenses. For example, take...
(STBs) for infrastructure, rent subsidies, loan discounts for key enterprises, loan discounts for new businesses, subsidies to help businesses stabilize employment, basic living allowances for people in need, and other expenditures to combat the coronavirus. This is a confirmation ...