Macro Monitor: Bond market returns at risk in 2022
Mark Nash, James Novotny and Huw Davies discuss inflation, the Fed and what a short, sharp cycle of rate hikes may mean for global economic growth.
Can the Fed get it right this time?
Mark Nash discusses the outlook for inflation, the prospect of central bank tightening and whether the Fed can avoid repeating past mistakes.
Notes from the Investment Floor: Why boring isn’t bad in bond markets
Harry Richards examines how bond markets have reacted to increased interest rate expectations and explains why ‘boring’ isn’t bad in bond markets.
Flexible Bond update: The Fed’s fighting inflation at almost any cost
Ariel Bezalel and Harry Richards discuss a volatile period for fixed income and the latest pivot from the Fed, which the market suspects is making a policy error.
Emerging Market Debt: Peak Fear?
Alejandro Arevalo and Jupiter’s Emerging Markets Debt team say investor sentiment towards Emerging market debt may turn quickly if political and policy macro headwinds ease later this year.
Notes from the Investment Floor: The central banking pantomime
Ned Naylor-Leyland comments on the dynamics in gold and silver markets, as a central banking pantomime has so far had a suppressing effect on prices.
Slowdown in population growth creates economic time bomb
The world may not be having enough children to sustain economic growth at current levels.
Examining Japan’s green technology credentials
Dan Carter and Mitesh Patel ask how ready Japan’s corporate sector is to capitalise upon the green technology revolution.
General Powell’s Last Stand?
Ned Naylor-Leyland, head of strategy for Gold&Silver, explains the curious divergence in the price of gold and real interest rates and argues that a Fed policy error may be the trigger for a golden rebound.
Demographics: Japan’s ‘mother theme’
Dan Carter and Mitesh Patel address the ‘mother theme’ of Japanese investing: demographics. Japan’s society continues to age, but what are the implications?