bonds

Companies are on a record-setting debt binge, with investment-grade firms issuing a staggering $153 billion in dollar-denominated bonds since the start of 2024. This is the highest amount of debt issued in 30 years, according to data from the London Stock Exchange Group. What Happened: The bond...

Wall Street’s leading financial institutions, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co, have suggested that now is the time to invest in U.S. Treasury notes, following a recent slump. What Happened: Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan are advising investors to consider purchasing five-year U.S....

The economist who introduced the inverted yield curve as a recession predictor has forecasted a slowdown for the U.S. economy in 2024. What Happened: Campbell Harvey, a Canadian economist and researcher at Duke University, has indicated that the U.S. economy is likely to experience a downturn this...

In a recent court hearing, a lawyer representing Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN) compared buying cryptocurrencies to collecting Beanie Babies, a popular toy from the 1990s. The lawyer argued that buying crypto tokens doesn’t grant the buyer any rights, unlike traditional securities. The...

Charles Lieberman, chief investment officer at Advisors Capital Management, delved deep into the heart of today’s economic challenges Thursday at Benzinga’s “Road To Wealth In 2024” seminar. Lieberman’s focus is razor-sharp on the critical issues of persistently high...

Joseph Wang, frequently referred to as the “Fed Guy,” anticipates that stocks will outperform bonds in the coming years while dismissing the likelihood of a recession. What Happened: Joseph Wang, a former senior trader at the New York Fed’s Open Markets Desk, expressed his...

Saudi Arabia has issued $12 billion in debt, marking its most significant foreign borrowing since 2017, at a time when emerging-market nations are increasingly investing in bonds. What Happened: The desert kingdom’s borrowing contributes to the nearly $25 billion of bonds that developing...

After two years of negative returns, the bond market is experiencing a revival, and the credit goes to the Federal Reserve, as per Vanguard‘s analysis. What Happened: In their Wednesday note, Vanguard, the investment management company, has attributed the recent positive turn in the bond...

The bond market’s recent behavior, akin to meme stocks, is now influencing the equities market, according to a leading strategist. What Happened: Stocks are reacting to shifts in the bond market following a significant drop in yields over the past two months, reported Business...

The CEO of Howard Capital Management, Vance Howard, has made predictions about the financial markets that may surprise some investors. Despite the recent turbulence in the bond market, Howard suggests that long-term bonds could outperform the S&P 500 in 2024. What Happened: Howard has been...

Billionaire investor Ron Baron recently disclosed in an interview that he has never owned bonds and instead focuses his investments on assets despite the rising U.S. inflation and burgeoning national debt. What Happened: Baron, the chairman of Baron Capital, made this disclosure in a CNBC...

Bill Ackman, the founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, is a renowned billionaire institutional investor and hedge fund manager with a net worth of over $3.5 billion. The Harvard University-educated finance executive is known for his leveraged contrarian bets on the stock and bond...

The spotlight on Wednesday could move from the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting to the Treasury Department’s forthcoming borrowing plan. What Happened: The Treasury Department’s quarterly refunding announcement is expected to reveal its strategy to amplify sales of long-term debt...

Despite rising geopolitical risks and inflation, Jeremy Siegel, a professor at the Wharton School, encourages investors to favor stocks over bonds. According to a report by Business Insider, Siegel feels that the economic growth remains robust, partially due to the increased adoption...

We performed a screening of Small-cap ETFs – defined as having Assets Under Management (AUM) between $400 and $2 billion – to determine what funds had the largest change in net assets on the week, according to data from etfdb.com. Only non-leveraged funds were considered.  Winners...