A friend decided to sell off her house. She needed the money. All she had was her emergency fund and her daughter would soon be going to college. She was clear that there was no other choice. Sometimes, we have to realise the value locked into our assets. Even...
A few weeks ago, in an article in a sister publication of this one, I had written how easy mass adoption of the riskiest kind of trading behaviours is setting up a new generation for catastrophic losses. Even though human behaviour is the same, new kinds of trading platforms...
New high-grade bond sales are expected to slow next week as the U.S. summer lull starts to kick in, with syndicate desks calling for just $15 billion to $20 billion of fresh supply. Eyes will be on Treasury yields following a turbocharged flattening of the curve this week as...
NEW YORK: Long-dated U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday and the yield curve continued to flatten as market participants bet that the Federal Reserve will act sooner to clamp down on inflation pressures if they persist. The Fed surprised markets on Wednesday when it said that policymakers are forecasting...
NEW YORK: Long-dated US Treasury yields fell on Friday and the yield curve continued to flatten as market participants bet that the Federal Reserve will act sooner to clamp down on inflation pressures if they persist. The Fed surprised markets on Wednesday when it said that policymakers are forecasting...
Millennials are the demographic cohort, who at the lower end of the distribution have just started earning and at the higher end have come to a respectable earnings position. Owing to increased levels of awareness, digital adoption and product innovation over the years, investors in general, including the millennials,...
By Subhadip Sircar A spike in inflation reading this week has revived debate among sovereign bond traders in India over how long the central bank could retain its dovish policy stance. The yield on India’s benchmark 10-year bonds surged to its highest since April, while the borrowing cost on...
LONDON: A hawkish shift at the US Federal Reserve has ended a weeks-long rally in bond markets, but don’t bet on a repeat of the sharp selloff seen earlier this year just yet. US 10-year bond yields are back above 1.5%, near two-week highs, while Germany’s Bund yield hit...
NEW YORK: Two-year yields jumped to one-year highs on Thursday while long-dated Treasury yields fell following sharp yield increases on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said that most policymakers expect two interest rate hikes in 2023. Yields jumped on the Fed‘s statement with two-year and five-year yields, which are...
NEW DELHI: Wipro on Thursday said its step-down subsidiary, Wipro IT Services, will issue US dollar denominated notes worth USD 750 million on June 23. The net proceeds of the notes, which are proposed to be listed on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Ltd, are intended to be utilised for...