Category: Liquidity

August 23, 2019

U.S. Treasury yields rose Friday as traders wait for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming, where he may give clues to the central bank’s next moves. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury […]

August 13, 2019

The performance gap between small caps and large caps is widening to historic lows, a trend seen during times of economic stress and investor caution, possibly signaling something worse with the economy could be coming. The small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 […]

August 9, 2019

U.S. stock-index futures on Friday were heading lower, highlighting a volatile week of trade, as government bonds in the U.S. and across the globe resumed a rally — pushing yields lower — that has been driven mostly by fears about […]

August 9, 2019

London stock markets were spared heavy losses on Friday by a plunge in the pound after data showed the U.K. economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time since 2012. The FTSE 100 UKX, -0.05% slipped 0.1% on […]

July 26, 2019

Much has been made of the outcropping of negative yielding bonds across the globe. Some $13 trillion in sovereign debt now bears a negative yield, which means that investors get back less than their original investments for the privilege and […]

July 25, 2019

Gold futures settled sharply lower Thursday, reversing a morning climb, after the European Central Bank’s decision to signal its plan to ease monetary policy disappointed investors by not including immediate action or details of its likly efforts. The ECB said […]

July 24, 2019

A day before Amazon’s second-quarter earnings release, Credit Suisse lowered its earnings estimate because of the e-commerce giant’s roll-out of one-day prime. The firm lowered Amazon’s full-year 2019 earnings per share estimate to $38.87 from the previous estimate of $41.14, […]

July 22, 2019

Global Eagle Entertainment has completed a $40 million upsizing of its senior secured term loan due 2023, as well as an amendment to its term loan to reduce scheduled principal repayments over the next six quarters by an aggregate of […]

July 16, 2019

Treasury yields jumped Tuesday after a key update of consumer spending showed U.S. households remained in bright shape, potentially undercutting expectations for the Federal Reserve to carry out rate-cuts this year. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury note yield […]

July 12, 2019

UBS has become the first broker to upgrade Deutsche Bank’s stock following its initiation of a historic restructuring program. In a note published Friday, UBS analysts upgraded the German lender’s stock from a “sell” to “neutral” and raised its 12-month […]