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An Evolving Emerging Markets Bond ETF
2018 Oct 15, 5:40pmRead More...Emerging markets stocks aren't the only asset class offering exposure to developing economies getting drubbed this year. Bonds are, too. The J.P. Morgan EMBI Global Core Index, a widely followed gauge of dollar-denominated emerging markets debt, is lower by nearly 6 percent year-to-date. Some...
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Missing Saudi Journalist Shakes Investors: 5 Things The Global Markets Were Talking About Today
2018 Oct 15, 12:53pmRead More...A weekend of warnings on global economic fragility from G10 finance leaders at an IMF meeting in Bali had global equities starting this new week on the back foot, with regional bourses in Asia and Europe seeing red. Sovereign yields are lower in this cautious climate, and crude oil has...
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Relief Rally In Full Swing: 5 Things The Global Markets Are Talking About Today
2018 Oct 12, 1:32pmRead More...Volatility in equities notched aggressively higher this week, now that sovereign bond yields are beginning to price out cheap money. Stronger than expected U.S economic data and weak European underlying inflation in key countries is being blamed as the specific trigger for this week's...
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How Market Volatility Is Affecting Some ETF Issuers
2018 Oct 12, 12:52pmRead More...Few stocks have been immune from the broad market's two-day tumble. Among the punished are companies with direct exposure to the exchange traded funds industry. This week, shares of BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest assets manager and ETF issuer and WisdomTree Investments...
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Positive Vibes: Bank Results Shift Focus Back To Earnings as Overseas Stocks Rise
2018 Oct 12, 9:56amRead More...The question today is whether the market can avoid an unlucky seven: That is, seven-straight days of declines for the S&P 500 (SPX). That hasn’t happened in nearly two years. The SPX is now down nearly 6 percent for the week and nearly 7 percent below its Sept. 20 record close. Early on,...
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After Wednesday Wash-Out, Comeback Might Be In Store As Rates Ease, Data Support
2018 Oct 11, 10:08amRead More...The contagion that flared up Wednesday on Wall Street spread its wings and landed in Asia and Europe early Thursday, sending those markets down dramatically. Sharp losses in U.S. futures overnight hint at the chance for more declines as many investors appear to be in panic mode. However, there were...
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On The Rate Watch: Yields Still Driving Action As Inflation Data Roll In
2018 Oct 10, 9:46amRead More...Today starts with the S&P 500 (SPX) on a four-day losing streak and one possible culprit — yields on 10-year Treasury yields—moving higher. Once again, the bias in stocks appears to be lower, as SPX futures remain under pressure amid interest rate fears. The 10-year Treasury...
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Feel The Love For Junk Bond ETFs
2018 Oct 09, 10:31amRead More...On a year-to-date basis, corporate bond exchange traded funds have been out of favor with fixed income investors amid fears of higher interest rates. Three of the top 10 ETFs in terms of 2018 outflows are corporate bond funds, including one junk bond ETF. Many investors departed high-yield...
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Lingering Rate Worries, Faltering Overseas Markets Appear To Subdue US Market Sentiment
2018 Oct 08, 10:38amRead More...As the economy chugs along, investors have been eying inflation, and it seems those concerns have ratcheted up as government debt yields rise. Looking forward this week, the market is scheduled to get a couple of key reports on inflation and many investors will likely be weighing what they could...
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Bond Yields Soar To 7-Year High: What It Means For Investors
2018 Oct 07, 2:46pmRead More...Even as the equity markets are trending close to record highs, the bond market is witnessing an accelerated sell-off. After closing at the year's high at 3.2 percent Thursday, the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. treasury is seeing incremental strength and was at 3.24 percent ...
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Goldman Sachs Adds TIPS Fund To Bond ETF Lineup
2018 Oct 05, 10:32amRead More...Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) added to its growing lineup of exchange traded funds Thursday with the debut of a new fixed income fund. The Goldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETF (CBOE: GTIP) is the newest bond ETF in the Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) suite. What...
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Rising Government Debt Yields Appear To Pressure Stocks
2018 Oct 04, 10:03amRead More...Stocks seem to be yielding to bonds at the moment. Government fixed income securities, including German and Japanese 10-year securities, sold off across the globe overnight, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury moved above 3.2 percent. The move in the 10-year Treasury comes after stronger-than-...
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EUR/USD Forecast: 3 Reasons For The Dollar Domination
2018 Oct 04, 9:19amRead More...The EUR/USD is trading below 1.1500, consolidating the falls. The US Dollar is propelled higher by three factors related to each other. The technical picture is bearish for the pair, with the "death cross" looming. The EUR/USD is trading below 1.1500, the lowest levels in six weeks. The...
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Risk Flips In Italy: 5 Things The Global Markets Are Talking About Today
2018 Oct 03, 3:09pmRead More...European markets have shrugged off losses in Asia to post gains Wednesday morning amid hopes that Italy's budget deficit can be lowered, though concerns about the country's debt and budget plans remain. The euro rallied from 6-week lows on hopes that Italy's draft budget plan...
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Flat Yield Curve, Geopolitical Uncertainty Weighing On Financials Ahead Of Q3 Earnings
2018 Oct 01, 2:26pmRead More...Stocks in the financial sector have been putting up some mixed performances of late as the Fed has continued to hike interest rates. Overall, the S&P Financial Select Sector Index (IXM) is down 1.2 percent year-to-date, although the sector dropped 2.89 percent in September alone, with one red...
