WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 13: U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news … [+] conference at the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on December 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Federal Reserve announced today that interest rates will remain unchanged. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Getty Images If you were taking … Read more
As our 10th wedding anniversary approached, my wife, Theresa, and I hatched a plan to celebrate. We would ask my parents and brothers to watch our four young kids—ages 2 through 8—so we could get away for two nights to somewhere we could hike, bike, and eat good food. We settled on the lovely town … Read more
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The Westside Recreation Center, Kuehn Park and Frank Olson Park are all targets of a bond effort by the City of Sioux Falls. That aquatics and recreation bond was unanimously given the first green light during its first reading on Tuesday night. The $68 million bond looks to … Read more
Ivanna Hampton: Welcome to Investing Insights. I’m your host, Ivanna Hampton. Where should you invest in 2025? Because the days of 5% returns on cash are so 2024. Some cashlike investments like Treasuries and CDs are maturing now when yields are lower. Morningstar’s 2025 Outlook points to a path where investors could find returns as … Read more
As you travel through the world of Metaphor: ReFantazio, you’ll meet a lot of people who will become your followers and these are the people you can complete bond ranks with. Followers are this game’s version of social links, and while there are a few similarities between the two systems, it does also have a … Read more
The chart (below) is courtesy of Torsten Slok, the Apollo chief economist, who notes: “The Fed has cut interest rates 100 basis points since September, and over the same period, 10-year interest rates are up 100 basis points.” What is going on? There are few possibilities. One view of the link between short-term rates and … Read more
What’s going on here? Indian government bond yields have climbed to 6.7678% following a US Treasury selloff and strong economic data from the States. What does this mean? Rising US Treasury yields, now nearing 4.70%, mirror a robust labor market and active services sector, altering expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. This shift has impacted … Read more
(Bloomberg) — There is “significant uncertainty” about the ability of weaker UK home owners whose debt was bundled into residential mortgage-backed securities to repay the principal when the loans mature, according to Fitch Ratings. Most Read from Bloomberg Sharp rises in mortgage rates have led to a spike in so-called nonconforming borrowers failing to make … Read more
Issuers of the affected bonds – most of which have investment grades – include some of China’s largest private and state-owned companies, like Tencent Holdings, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and CNOOC, the US investment bank said in a report on Wednesday. In early 2021, the total offshore debt of firms included on the US list … Read more
Introduction: Bond market angst as yields rise Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. There are worrying rumblings in the bond markets, alarming investors and creating headaches for finance ministers including the UK’s Rachel Reeves. The yields, or interest rates, on sovereign debt from the … Read more