The benchmark yield on 10-year Treasury notes up to 1.31% The S&P 500 index climbed to an all-time high earlier this week amid optimism around the US economy. With high oil prices, along with a positive mood around vaccine roll-outs and a pending stimulus package, confidence in the US economy is growing. However, despite the recent […]

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Having watched its share price crash to half the level it began the year at, FTSE 100 listed event organiser, Informa (LON:INF), has published another update showing that recovery is on the horizon. The company that its COVID Financing Action Plan is now complete, which will provide it with “long-term Stability and Security in relation […]

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce the launch of the UK governments first ‘green gilts’, which will be used to boost its low-carbon investment capabilities. These targeted bond mechanisms follow the lead of 16 other countries, including Sweden and Germany, and will aid in government efforts to invest in green infrastructure projects – including […]

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In its statement on Thursday, the Bank of England said “there are signs that consumer spending has softened across a range of high-frequency indicators, while investment intentions have remained weak”. This, and the need to help the government introduce renewed fiscal support during lockdown, saw the central bank announce an additional £150 billion in QE. […]

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ECB President, Christine Lagarde, announced on Wednesday evening that the central bank would consider dropping the neutrality principle it uses to guide its corporate bond purchases. The reason for this change of heart is that the neutrality principle takes no account of climate change and environmental risk in the bond buying process. The approach currently […]

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With the Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, making it clear that negative interest rates could be a real possibility, it is time for investors, savers and entrepreneurs to start factoring in what these controversial measures could mean. Bank of England will have little interest in savers Aside from being the mainstay of […]

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Trying to manage money during a global pandemic is challenge enough, but trying to position yourself as an investor in an uncertain climate is an even greater cause for sleepless nights. The predominant issue here is uncertainty. Not necessarily over what the virus will do next, but the week-by-week adjustments in political policy that are […]

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On Thursday the Bank of England announced it would extend its bond-buying programme by £100 billion, in a bid to support the UK economy through the Coronavirus pandemic. The move sees a continuation of the bank’s quantitative easing, which began at £200 billion in 2009, and after today’s announcement stands at £745 billion. It follows […]

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Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) reported a 57 percent rise in quarterly profits on Wednesday, after a strong growth in bond trading revenue. The New York-based investment bank posted better-than-expected quarterly figures, reporting a profit of $1.6 billion (81 cents per share), marking a significant 62 percent increase on the $939 million reported for the same period […]

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