fixed-income
Top StoriesEuropean Shares Advance as French Political Concerns Subside
Top StoriesExclusive-Capital Group Shakes up Strategy to Hit $4 Trillion by 2031
InvestingAn Introduction to Corporate Bonds for Individual Investors: Unveiling Opportunities and Risks
Top StoriesInverted Yield Curve No Longer Reliable Recession Flag, Strategists Say: Reuters Poll
UK Lenders Step up Mortgage Price Battle as Inflation Slows
Date: November 15, 2023
UK lenders step up mortgage price battle as inflation slows By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – British lenders have accelerated price cuts on mortgages as competition intensifies, inflation slows and markets increase bets on future Bank of England (BoE) interest rate cuts. Average rates on fixed-rate mortgage products have fallen by more than 0.5 percentage...
Analysis-Central Banks’ Big Pause Spurs Bruised Bond Investors to Double Down
Date: November 2, 2023
Analysis-Central banks’ big pause spurs bruised bond investors to double down By Naomi Rovnick and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) – Bond investors bruised by a record hiking cycle are increasing their positions, betting that central banks really are done with raising rates and their next move will be down. The Bank of England on Thursday...
Red October Rumbles on as U.S. Bond Yields Touch 5%
Date: October 20, 2023
Red October rumbles on as U.S. bond yields touch 5% By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Red October rumbled on in world markets on Friday as the sight of U.S. government bond yields hitting 5% for the first time since 2007 amid an increasingly threatening conflict in the Middle East left investors searching for safety....
World’s Biggest Bond Markets Steady After Heavy Selloff
Date: October 4, 2023
World’s biggest bond markets steady after heavy selloff By Alun John and Naomi Rovnick LONDON (Reuters) -A broad selloff in world government bonds on Wednesday drove up U.S. 30-year Treasury yields to 5% for the first time since 2007 and German 10-year yields to 3%, moves that could hasten a global slowdown and hurt stocks...
Global Bond Rout Deepens Before Receding on Relief Rally
Date: October 4, 2023
Global bond rout deepens before receding on relief rally By Herbert Lash and Tom Wilson NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -A rout in government bond markets deepened on Wednesday with benchmark U.S. yields hitting fresh 16-year highs as investors bet that persistently high interest rates will slow world growth and dampen the appetite for riskier assets. Treasury...
UK Investors’ Stocks Sell-Off Accelerates, ESG ‘boom Ends’ – Calastone
Date: September 5, 2023
UK investors’ stocks sell-off accelerates, ESG ‘boom ends’ – Calastone LONDON (Reuters) – Investors in Britain dumped both stocks and bonds in August as they continued to opt for the safety of cash and money-market funds, according to data from fund network Calastone published on Tuesday. Funds focused on environmental, social and governance issues (ESG)...