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Global Rates: Time for a Reality Check

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From Harvey Bradley, Senior Portfolio Manager at Insight Investment High real policy rates provide flexibility to cut With inflation having declined significantly from peak levels, real policy...

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More Rate Cuts Likely in 2025 – But Don’t Expect a Bond Rally

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From Andrew Canobi, Director, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income "Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced its first rate cut since 2020, reducing the cash...

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Want to Invest in Bonds? We’ll Show You How

Elizabeth Moran

The desire to invest in bonds seems to be back in fashion again after a very poor 1H22. Rates are attractive and investors are...

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Has the BBSW Peaked?

Elizabeth Moran

The three-month Bank Bill Swap Rate (BBSW) is a benchmark for Australian floating rate securities. Not that long ago, the rate was close to...

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Bonds Are Excellent Relative Value To Shares

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From Mark Dove, Junior Credit Portfolio Manager, Federated Hermes Limited With a global recession looking more and more likely to materialise in the near future,...

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Four Fixed Income ETFs That Earned Over 5% Last Year

Elizabeth Moran

Despite very low interest rates and volatile markets, there were still four fixed income ETFs that returned over 5% in the 12 months to...

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Market Uncertainty, Global Growth Concerns, and U.S. Recession Fears

Seema Shah

What is the announcement, and how does it compare to market expectations? President Trump announced that he would apply a minimum 10% tariff on all...

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Where Does The Fed Go Next After 50 Basis Point Interest-rate Cut?

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Franklin Templeton Fixed Income CIO Sonal Desai disagrees with the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) choice of a larger 50 basis points (bps) instead of a...

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AU Inflation – A Report to Match Australia’s (Hot) Weather

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By Matt Simpson, Senior Market Analyst, City Index There’s no escaping the fact that Australian inflation continues to point the wrong way for the RBA...

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Reading Yield Curves

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By Peter Sheahan, Director - Money Markets, Curve Securities My passion is commentating on yield curves. Outright levels, positive slope, inverted slope and momentum of...