The Funeral of Easy Yield
For income-hungry investors, the age of lazy, state-sponsored abundance is drawing to an unceremonious close. For years, one could be handsomely paid for doing precisely...
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China’s Gold Play: How Bullion Helps Beijing Needle Trump—and the Dollar
The blistering rally in gold is nudging China a little closer to its long-stated ambition: a world less tethered to US-centred finance.Beijing has been stockpiling...
The Great “Devaluation Trade”: When Safe Havens Aren’t So Safe, and Risk Isn’t So Risky
Beneath the daily whiplash of financial markets, a deeper shift may be underway. Investors are quietly rethinking what safety really means — and how to...
Monetary policy divergences: towards a significant asset allocation shift
The European Central Bank insists that it will independently decide on the course of its monetary policy compared to the Fed. In this case, this...
Money market funds, the star of the year
Investors have added $128 billion to US money market funds since the beginning of the year, according to the Investment Company Institute. Corporations had a...
At the dawn of a major real estate crisis
Nearly $175 billion in home loans are at risk of default. The rapid rise in interest rates and the end of easy money caused a...
The resilience of the US bond market
Admittedly, US debt lost almost 13% in 2022 as the Fed raised its target interest rate on overnight lending between banks seven times, from 0.25%...
2023: the perfect storm for the bond market?
Investors found few places to hide in 2022. Both major asset classes: stocks and bonds, fell significantly globally. But if analysts are correct, 2023 will...