by Ryan Littlestone | August 3rd, 2021, 11:40:42 | News
Market in a tizzy over taper There shouldn’t be many people in the market now who don’t think a taper is coming. It’s been talked about so much, there’s next to no expectation left of it happening. Yes, everyone is still throwing darts at the...
by Ryan Littlestone | June 11th, 2021, 10:40:29 | News
The simple answer is often the best answer We’ve been scratching our heads a bit in our trading room over the bond moves (and others) in recent days. Is it falling Central bank expectations, or fearing a top in inflation, problems over the next US stimulus...
by Ryan Littlestone | July 17th, 2019, 14:22:47 | Video
With Jerome Powell seemingly all but cementing a hike during his testimony to Congress, what’s the trade for the FOMC...
by Ryan Littlestone | July 5th, 2019, 10:41:48 | Education, News
Who feels the need to pay governments to hold their money? It’s one thing to point at the bond market and scream that it’s flagging problems about the economy but what is really behind the moves, and why do people buy bonds to only to pay the issuer to...
by Ryan Littlestone | July 3rd, 2019, 09:59:11 | News
Since the US & China kiss-and-make up at the G20, things have shifted in markets On Monday we highlighted a potential problem brewing for markets following the upbeat feelings from the G20. FX and stocks were cheering but the bond market wasn’t. Bond yields...