Its 1919. Just like on this poster, a Canadian soldier, dressed in green slacks, a green shirt and a green hat looks out of two windows. In one, his future of prosperity: booming industry and economic security. On the other: a growing field of wheat, and his stagnant family farm. “Re-establish him! It’s up to…
McDonald’s sold $2.3 billion of euro-denominated bonds last week as U.S companies take advantage of the eurozone’s cheap debt. Source: The Wall Street Journal A giant new buyer in the corporate-bond market–the European Central Bank–is set to cement a trend of American companies issuing debt on the continent. So great may be the flood, some analysts…
U.S. corporate profits, weighed down by the energy slump and slowing global growth, this would mark the S&P 500’s third consecutive quarter of declining earnings. Source: The Wall Street Journal U.S. corporate profits, weighed down by the energy slump and slowing global growth, are set to decline for the third straight quarter in the longest slide…
Within the broader financial world, it is increasingly apparent that change is afoot — new platforms, new technologies and (perhaps most significantly) new relationships are now coming to define the future of an industry that is at a crossroads. That crossroads is simple: after decades of developing internalized processes and ways of doing business, major…
Promising signs in the bond market, as yields are heading higher around the world, a move typically linked to rising expectations of economic growth and inflation. Source: The Wall Street Journal As the Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee prepares to meet on Tuesday, one signal suggests that investors believe the economy, and financial markets, may be finding…
Emerging market corporate bonds offer a reasonable prospect of both, risk and return. Source: Barrons Where can you get 5% annual returns and still sleep at night? Emerging market corporate bonds offer a reasonable prospect of both, according to Loomis Sayles. Acknowledging the risks — pressure on commodity prices, wobbly global growth, and rising U.S. interest…
Rating agencies downgrade companies from one category to another adding to volatility in trading levels. Source: Wall Street Journal Rating agency downgrades are helping shift the pricing dynamics across the U.S. corporate bond market. As credit raters drop their outlooks across the sector, the amount of additional yield that investors demand over super-safe Treasurys is rising…
High-quality corporate bonds boast half the volatility of stocks, are relatively safe as defaults are rare, and offer attractive yields. Source: Barron’s Riskier investments had a good run for the past six weeks but seem to be running out of gas. By the end of last week, oil was lower, and stocks and high-yield bonds were…
With trading volumes for US corporate bonds up
