Newsmakers
Pension Funds Appear Unfazed by Potential US Default
They have ample liquid assets—and show little sense of fear.
Tag: Treasury bonds
Asset Allocation
Maine Pension Plan Eyes Asset Allocation Shift
The proposal’s aim is to reduce risk and enhance income, report to trustees says.
Risk
Trader Is Accused of Speculative Trading That Bankrupted His Employer
Keith Wakefield allegedly lost $30 million from unauthorized risky bond trades, which forced IFS Securities to go out of business.
Asset Allocation
How Fed Tapering Will Slam Bond Buyers
No more bond buying, plus the government’s dwindling cash reservoir, will bring pain, says Natixis’ Lavorgna.
Market Moves
4 Scenarios for the Fed’s Tapering: From Benign to Horrible
What should the pace of reductions be? The slower, the better, says research sage Jim Woods.
Asset Allocation
No Need for Taper Trepidation for the Stock Market
The situation now is less fraught than during the 2013 tantrum, argues UBS’s Mark Haefele.
Market Moves
‘No End in Sight’ to Government Spending, Gundlach Says
Bond King says that output will bring much more Treasury issuance, and the Fed’s buying a lot of it.
Risk
Liquidity Woes Have Abated, But Don’t Get Too Comfy, JPM Says
After the March freak-out, when even selling a Treasury was tough, a shaky equilibrium prevails.
Research
The Yield Curve Un-Inverts: Time to Celebrate?
Opinions differ on whether this change to a widely followed recession signal means the heat is off.
Market Moves
Druckenmiller Moves Heavily into Treasuries Due to Trade War Angst
Trump’s escalated conflict with China prompts legendary investor to shuck stocks for safe haven of government bonds.
Market Moves
Hoo Boy, Inverted Yield Curve Adds to Stock Market Gloom
For the second time this year, Treasury-based signal flashes: recession ahead. But is this true?
Market Moves
The Betting on the Fed This Week
An end to its rate raising and bond buying may be at hand, forecasters say.