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How the Federal Reserve fights inflation through interest rate hikes
Top officials at the Federal Reserve were seeing inflation data come in very hot for months before policymakers moved to wind down monetary policies that were stimulating the economy. A chorus of anal...
Vanguard Tells Investors Bonds Are Attractive After First-Half ‘Horror Show’
(Bloomberg) — Investors should look to bonds for income and as a hedge to equities again after fixed-income assets suffered a “horror show” first half, Vanguard Group Inc. said. Most Read from B...
Economist Roubini: ‘Severe’ Recession, Financial Crisis Coming
The economic outlook is murky now. It’s difficult to know when inflation will peak, when it will fall in earnest and thus how far the Federal Reserve will ultimately lift interest rates. It’s also unc...
The Stock Market Is Entering Its Weakest Months. What to Watch Out For.
Text size Russia restarted natural-gas flows to Western Europe through Nord Stream 1, but President Vladimir Putin can shut it down again. Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images Bad news on the economy was go...
How to Invest During a Bear Market: 6 Tips
If you’re new to the stock market, you’ve probably had a rude awakening: The value of your investments has declined in the past few months. While that may be worrisome, don’t panic. A bear market—defi...
Are U.S. Savings Bonds a Good Investment During Inflation?
are savings bonds a good investment U.S. savings bonds are ultra-safe offer tax advantages, especially when used for eligible education costs. However, other investments such as stocks and mutual fund...
It’s the Time to Buy El Salvadoran Bonds, Says Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley called El Salvador-issued Eurobonds at their current price levels a buying opportunity partly due to the recent crypto crash that has battered the value of the country’s bitcoin holding...
JPMorgan’s Michele Says Bonds Have Recession Priced In
(Bloomberg) — Bob Michele, a bond market veteran for more than four decades, predicts a 75% chance of a US recession over the next 18 months, but thinks it’s priced in. Most Read from Bloomberg ...
Advisors turn to alternative investments to further diversify clients
Marko Geber | DigitalVision | Getty Images After battling downturns in the stock and bond markets, more financial advisors looking to further diversify their clients are turning to alternative investm...
How to Protect Your Retirement From Stock Drop: Morningstar
Those of you who are heavily weighted in stocks may be a bit concerned about the impact of the equity market’s decline on your retirement plans. Understandably so. The S&P 500 has slid 16% this y...
TIPS, I Bonds Are Smart Ways to Buy Inflation Protection
Illustration by Liam Eisenberg Text size As a consumer, it is almost impossible to escape the ravages of inflation, which rose at a 9.1% clip in the 12 months ended June, based on the U.S. Consumer Pr...
Banks Are Flooding the US Market With Bonds Many Hadn’t Expected
(Bloomberg) — Wall Street banks were supposed to be done with much of their borrowing in bond markets for the year. Then this week, they sold another $27.5 billion of notes. Most Read from Bloom...
Morgan Stanley is willing to buy El Salvador bonds despite poor performance
Morgan Stanley has expressed readiness to buy El Salvador bonds despite it being one of the worst performers this year, Bloomberg News reported. According to the report, El Salvador’s $7.7 billion Eur...
Morgan Stanley Gives A Buy Call on El Salvador Bonds Despite Their Worst Performance
El Salvador’s big Bitcoin bet hasn’t played in its favor so far. The Latin American country started buying BTC last year when it was trading around its all-time high. However, with BTC crashing more t...
Here’s How Much Money You’re Losing By Going With Cash & Not Bonds
SmartAsset: How Much Money Do You Lose by Going With Cash Instead of Bonds? Investors holding cash and waiting for interest rates to rise before buying bonds may be making a significant mistake. With ...
Investors Should Turn to Short-Term Bonds, DWS’s Bianco Says
(Bloomberg) — Investors are “better off for now” in short-duration debt as the bond market has failed to price the risk of higher interest rates, according to David Bianco, the chief investment ...
Why the bond market should be given the benefit of the doubt
The bond market’s rout has gone too far, so look for interest rates to decline in coming months. If that happens, it certainly would be good news to beleaguered retirees and near-retirees who have an ...
Are Bonds a Good Investment When Interest Rates Are High?
if interest rates rise what happens to bond prices Interest rates and bond prices generally move in opposite directions. Thus, when interest rates go up, the price of fixed-rate bonds usually falls. S...
Stock futures slip after Wednesday’s session as Wall Street awaits bank earnings
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, July 13, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures slipped Wednesday night as traders look ahead to earnings fr...
Billionaire Leon Cooperman Thinks Stocks Are More Attractive Than Bonds Right Now; Here Are 2 Names Analysts Like
As fears of recession and the prospect of more aggressive interest rate rises become the talk of the town, investors are turning to Wall Street experts for guidance, namely Leon Cooperman. Cooperman b...
Money Is Pouring Into Bonds Again. What It Means.
Text size The renewed interest in government bonds comes as the 10-year Treasury yield has surged to around 3%. Dreamstime Investors are pouring money into bond funds—a reversal from a trend seen for ...
Bill Gross Favors T-Bills Over Stocks, Bonds as Recession Looms Large
(Bloomberg) — Bill Gross has one piece of advice for those looking to buy dips in bonds, stocks and commodities: just don’t. Most Read from Bloomberg The former bond king said one-year Treasury ...
Experts answer three tricky questions about Series I bonds
The demand for Series I bonds, an inflation-protected and nearly risk-free asset, has skyrocketed as investors seek refuge from soaring prices and stock market volatility. While annual inflation rose ...
Stock Outlook Brightens as Jobs Stay Strong, Commodities Prices Decline
Text size The jobless rate held steady at 3.6% in June. Above, looking for work at a job fair in Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The economy looks resilient, and inflation is coming down. That combin...
This type of ETF is seeing near-record inflows and pays dividends
It’s a type of ETF seeing near-record inflows. New data shows dividend exchange-traded funds totaled almost $50 billion in fresh money in the first half of 2022, according to Todd Rosenbluth of ...
How you can avoid bond fund losses when rates rise
Bond funds that don’t lose money when interest rates rise? Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Such funds do exist, and my guess is that right now you’d jump at the chance to invest in them. That’...
A psychologist’s 5 steps to stop panicking about your 401(k)
In the fall of 2008, when global stock markets were imploding, I happened to be in New York. I switched on the TV in my hotel room and saw financial commentator Suze Orman on Larry King Live. She took...