Category: Liquidity

July 15, 2019

The U.S. may have added 224,000 nonfarm jobs in June, and core inflation may have climbed by the fastest amount in more than a year. Economists at UBS still anticipate a half-point cut from the Fed at the upcoming Federal […]

July 11, 2019

Stocks climbed on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank would lower interest rates this month, reassuring investors who had feared robust US employment data would take a cut off the table. “A July rate cut […]

July 8, 2019

U.S. government debt prices rose on Monday as investors continued to digest stronger-than-expected jobs data. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.0268%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond dipped to 2.5318%. Bond yields move […]

June 25, 2019

Geopolitical tensions helped nudge investors into gold on Tuesday, with the precious metal poised to mark its highest finish in over six years. Gold has seen an “extraordinary march higher as global economic worries, political worries and U.S. politics underpin […]

June 21, 2019

Gold tapped the $1,400-an-ounce level for the first time since 2013 on Friday, as investors continued to bet on easier monetary policy from the Federal Reserve and other central banks. But then the metal started backtracking. August gold GCQ19, -0.34% […]

June 20, 2019

Goldman Sachs slashed its price target on Tesla on Thursday and said it was expecting shares to continue to decline over concerns about demand. “Sustainable demand [is] the key question as shares [are] likely continue to de-rate,” the bank said […]

June 14, 2019

The current equity rally could be coming to an end soon, at least according to mounting signals from the bond market. As 10-year Treasury yields continue to fall to new lows, numerous yield curve inversions are a “clear warning” that […]

June 12, 2019

An uneasy mood is rippling through markets. For starters, we’ve had chaotic scenes out of Hong Kong where police have been firing tear gas on protesters who amassed in the thousands to push back against an extradition bill. That news […]

June 11, 2019

Treasury yields rose Tuesday, extending their sharp surge at the week’s start, after China said it would launch fiscal stimulus measures to spur infrastructure spending across the second largest economy in the world. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury […]

June 6, 2019

The credit quality of car companies and auto-parts suppliers is either stagnant or in decline globally, according to data from Credit Benchmark. The decline was underlined Thursday by Ford’s decision to close its engine-making plant in Bridgend, Wales, with the […]