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Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... the Dow by 1.99; the S&P 500 by 2.1%; the Nasdaq composite by 2.7%; and the Russell 2000 by 3.3%. The yield on 10-year US bonds increased to 1.70% from 1.62% the day before. The VIX index - the fear gauge - soared by 26.3% to a reading of 27.59 (the ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Schroders' global head of stewardship believes ESG-focused investors should exercise caution before investing in US corporate bonds. Schroders global head of stewardship Jessica Ground told a media briefing in Sydney recently that some US corporate ...

Chief economist update: Fear and loathing on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... unchanged at 2.2% in the year to September, inflation expectations - based on the yield differential between 10-year nominal US bonds and the 10-year TIPS is at 1.95% (a smidgen off the Fed's 2% target). Speaking of which, consensus expectations ...

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... expectations beget higher actual inflation. US inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between nominal US bonds and TIPs - haven't risen sharply. The differential on the 5-year's currently at 2.1% from 1.9% at the start ...

Chief economist update: It wasn't me, it's the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... expectations beget higher actual inflation. US inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between nominal US bonds and TIPs - haven't risen sharply. The differential on the 5-year's currently at 2.1% from 1.9% at the start ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street has fallen, prepare to be greedy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... all the talk over surging US inflation, inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between nominal US bonds and TIPs - haven't risen sharply. The differential on the 5-year's currently at 2.1% from 1.9% at the start of 2018 ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... slide by dipping into its reserves. But the fear at the time was that if it fails it would have to sell its holdings of US bonds. This was Bloomberg's report on 16 February 2018: "The value of China's holdings of US bonds, notes and bills rose ...

Obamacare one, Trump nil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... nine basis points to 2.4% and inflation expectations - measured by the difference between the nominal yield on 10-year US bonds and 10-year TIPS (treasury inflation-protected securities) fell below 2.0%. No more reflation? Likewise, the US dollar index ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... more nuanced approach is required: Anderson's example was a mix of factor-tilted equities (47.5%), index equities (15%), US bonds (17.5%), private equity (10%), emerging market bonds (10%) and high-yield bonds (10%). This portfolio carried a higher standard ...

Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... more nuanced approach is required: Anderson's example was a mix of factor-tilted equities (47.5%), index equities (15%), US bonds (17.5%), private equity (10%), emerging market bonds (10%) and high-yield bonds (10%). This portfolio also carried a higher ...
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