Ford Motor Credit tapped the U.S. corporate bond market on Tuesday for $1.5 billion in funding, despite recession fears and major companies having to pay investors yields that have hit Read more
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‘From Bambi to Godzilla.’ Strategist David Rosenberg skewers the Federal Reserve as he sees a 30% hit to home prices and the S&P 500 returning to an early 2020 low
The last time David Rosenberg shared his outlook for the U.S. stock market and the economy with MarketWatch, in late May, it was depressing enough. Rosenberg is the widely followed Read more
‘You can be invested in fixed-income again,’ bond investors say, even before the Fed stops hiking rates
Sharp days of volatility, like the ones lately rocking markets, can create big winners and losers on Wall Street. But the year’s wild swings also have dramatically repriced financial assets, Read more
Bond markets facing historic losses grow anxious of Fed that ‘isn’t blinking yet’
The Federal Reserve has been showing no signs of letting up on aggressive rate hikes, even as its policies fuel carnage for the ages across the roughly $53 trillion U.S. Read more
Global bonds undergo worst selloff since the 90s: JPM
Global investment-grade bonds are suffering their worst selloff in at least three decades based on the year-to-date yield spike of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Total Return Index. As a Read more
Bond ETFs fall ahead of expected Fed rate hike
Exchange-traded funds that focus on bonds were falling Tuesday as Federal Reserve officials gather for a two-day meeting that will conclude Wednesday with a widely anticipated announcement on its interest Read more
Corporate bond funds see biggest inflows since January, Bank of America says
During a week where BlackRock Investment Institute analysts pitched investment-grade credit, Bank of America says bond funds — including investment grade, high yield and emerging-market — have seen their biggest Read more
Why the S&P 500’s ‘bounce within a bear market’ could fizzle before it hits 4,200
Add another voice to the growing chorus of naysayers about the staying power of the recent rally in U.S. equities. The stock market’s rally since the Federal Reserve’s last jumbo Read more
Stock-market investors wrestle with ‘boomflation’ after hot July jobs report
The worry instead turned to what a rip-roaring labor market and surging costs for everything means for stocks and bond portfolios, particularly if it turns into a mix of higher Read more
Roaring labor market puts ‘boomflation’ back on the map for investors
The worry instead turned to what a rip-roaring labor market and surging costs for everything means for stocks and bond portfolios, particularly if it turns into a mix of higher Read more