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In early 2022, bonds have found themselves at a crossroads. While traditionally a safe haven when the stock market is selling off, bonds are facing their own challenges in the face of high ...
The cause of the global asset bubble can be partially attributable to the global savings glut. As theorized by Andrew Metrick, the demand for safe assets following the Asian Financial Crisis coupled with the lack of circulating treasuries created an unmet demand for "risk free" assets. Thus, institutional investors like sovereign wealth funds ...
It's happening again. About a month ago, bemused investors awoke to news that over in Germany, the government had just sold $5 billion worth of Eurobonds that paid an average interest rate of ...
Government bonds may not offer much protection in a recession if surging inflation pressures central banks to continue tightening monetary policy, the BlackRock Investment Institute said. Risks of ...
During the 2020 stock market crash that began the week of 9 March, bond prices unexpectedly moved in the same direction as stock prices. Bonds are generally considered safer than stocks, so confident investors will sell bonds to buy stocks and cautious investors will sell stocks to buy bonds.
The immediate trigger of the crash in the US occurred at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on February 3 and 4, 1994, although bond prices in Japan had started plummeting just a month earlier. [ 5 ] [ 8 ] Led by Chairman Alan Greenspan , the Committee reached a consensus to slightly raise its federal funds rate target from 3% to 3.25%.
The CMBS market is in trouble, one hedge fund boss says, as loans on offices across the US are at risk of defaulting. Bonds backed by commercial mortgages are a 'disaster' as real estate values ...
Trading on the United States bond market also ceased; the leading government bond trader, Cantor Fitzgerald, was based in the World Trade Center. [4] The New York Mercantile Exchange was also closed for a week after the attacks. [5] The Federal Reserve issued a statement, saying it was "open and operating.