Big Banks Cook Up New Way to Unload Risk
U.S. banks have found a new way to unload risk as they scramble to adapt to tighter regulations and rising interest rates. JPMorgan Chase, Morgan...
Housing affordability drops to the lowest level since 1984
It’s an unwelcome blast from the past — home buyers are facing the most unaffordable housing market since the 1980s, according to a new report....
Wall Street braces for another $1.5 trillion in borrowing needs by Treasury
Some big Wall Street banks are expecting next week’s refunding announcement by the Treasury to reflect the government’s large and ongoing borrowing needs. JPMorgan Chase...
1970s-style stagflation may be at risk of repeating itself, Deutsche Bank warns
A major Wall Street bank is warning about the risk that inflation expectations could become unanchored in a fashion similar to the 1970s stagflation era....
The Trillion-Dollar Question for Bond Investors: When Will the Fed Stop Raising Rates?
High bond yields, deemed a “generational opportunity” by BlackRock, haven’t attracted anticipated investments amid ongoing market losses. Investors, wary of persistent rate hikes and the...
Bill Ackman says Treasury yields are going higher in a hurry, and that investors should shun U.S. government debt
Bill Ackman has had a good summer, with his bet on 30-year Treasury bonds paying off in dramatic fashion over the past few weeks. In...
‘We are buyers of gold on weakness’: Yellow metal resilient as real rates surge, says Morgan Stanley
Gold appears resilient amid the recent surge in real interest rates, presenting a buying opportunity over the intermediate term, according to Morgan Stanley’s wealth-management business....
September Is Bad for Stocks. Is It Still Good for Gold?
Up until a decade or so ago, September was the best month of the calendar for gold. Since then, it has been the worst. Anindito...
Gold should be dead, but somehow it’s still adding value
Why isn’t gold dead yet? It hasn’t served a vital economic function since the government stopped treating it as money back in 1971. Actually, you...
DoubleLine’s Gundlach warns stocks are ‘exhibiting signs of a mania’
“ “The stock market, frankly, is exhibiting signs of a mania, where you have a very concentrated part of the market’s that driving the entire...