Stocks have embraced the concept of a soft landing so far in 2023. Bonds are trading like a recession is nigh. Only one can be right. What soft landing, we can hear you say? The Dow Jones Industrial A...
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Many investors are betting on an inflation peak. Here’s why a former hedge-fund manager says they’re wrong.
Investors are waking up to big trouble in big China. Stock futures and oil prices are falling after angry anti-COVID zero protests swept the country. “This is a sudden powerful new distraction for mar...
Investors Betting On Persistent Inflation Can Cash In Using This Trade on TLT Stock
Inflation has continued to remain well above Federal Reserve and analyst expectations. This has driven expectations for further interest-rate hikes. X While Treasury yields have surged — with the 20-y...
Bonds Are in a Bear Market. How to Play What Happens Next.
Text size A shift in Federal Reserve monetary policy has helped ratchet up bond yields, hitting prices. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Red-hot inflation and rising interest rates have hammered the globa...
Morgan Stanley warns this corner of the credit market could be first to implode as interest rates rise
Now that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has made it abundantly clear that the Fed has no plans to slow the pace of interest-rate hikes, some bond-market experts are warning that the most specu...
Why Was the Stock Market Down Today? A Fed Official’s Speech Tanked the Market.
Text size Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard said she expects policy to return “to a more neutral position later this year.” Drew Angerer/Getty Images Tech stocks and bond markets both sold off on Tue...
Treasuries Are Selling Off. Blame Powell’s Comments on Half-Point Rate Hikes.
Fed chief Jerome Powell, shown Monday at a conference in Washington, D.C., said ‘nothing’ would prevent the central bank from raising rates by a half-point at a coming meeting if needed. S...
Why Almost Every Bond Fund Is Down This Year
The Index of Bonds on The Screen. getty If you own a bond fund, it’s probably down in recent months. Let’s talk about why and walk through three popular fixed-income ideas from worst to first. We’ll s...
This Popular Bond Fund Is A Retirement Disaster
Retirement disaster getty “Daddy. Can you come play with me in the playroom?” my four-year-old asked. “Sure. I’ll be right in,” I said. “Once I get done unloading the dishwasher. Would you like to hel...
Stocks Are Sinking and Rates Are Rising. It’s Painful, But We’re Heading for Normal.
Stocks and bonds are tumbling. Housing has weakened. And I haven’t heard a word about nonfungible cartoon monkey tokens in maybe three months. Strategists are now turning to truly bizarre assets—two I...