Investment analysis for yield and duration-focused investors
The BOJ kept rates unchanged but signalled further tightening as inflation risks persist and underlying inflation remains near target. With the Fed similarly focused on inflation, monetary policy i...
What do you need to know? The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates on hold at 3.75%-4% by a vote of 10-2, with two of the 12-member committee favouring a 25-basis-point rise. The Fed stat...
Explore this week’s Macro Charts covering labor market developments in the U.S., interest rate decisions in Australia, central bank balance sheet adjustments in Japan, and trade data from Canada an...
Microsoft issued $25bln of bonds in the US market this week across several maturities. The longest, a 40-year bond, caught my eye: priced at a spread of 106bps over US Treasuries, it offered a yiel...
Why the tech sell-off has had little fundamental basis so far, and what the midterms and Iran mean for a volatile week ahead.
Private investment grade credit is evolving, as a broader opportunity set and higher yields attract interest from a wider range of investors. In this PEI Private Credit Q&A, Jim Moore explores the...
Is France moving closer to a crisis? French government bond spreads are at their widest in almost 15 years driven by high inflation, rising global yields, and ongoing fiscal challenges, among other...
As the artificial intelligence (AI) buildout expands, capital expenditures by companies in the AI complex [1] may surpass $10 trillion in the next six years. Large issuers that are sectored in tech...
Digital assets gave back ground over the past week as the Binance hack, not macro, set the tape. Losses were broad, led by exchange-linked and high-beta names, while Hyperliquid stood apart. Defens...
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