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Euro hits fresh low before inflation trial, bonds boom
January 7th, 2015
The euro hit a nine-year trough today as collapsing oil prices and worries about the world economy drove skittish investors into the arms of safe-haven sovereign debt. From Japan to Germany to Australia, government borrowing costs reached all-time lows as oil fell 10 percent in just ...
Asia to test bond record again in 2015
December 30th, 2014
Asia could set another record for international bond issues in 2015 if Chinese companies continue to borrow offshore at the same voracious pace they did this year, while bankers expect a heavy redemption schedule and larger pipelines from India ...
Fiat Chrysler launches $2.5 billion mandatory convertible bond, share offer
December 5th, 2014
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) (FCHA.MI) (FCAU.N) said on Thursday it had launched an expected share offer and a $2.5 billion mandatory convertible bond as it seeks to reduce its mounting debt pile and fund an ambitious five-year investment plan. ...
Fall of the Bond King: How Gross Lost Empire as Pimco Cracked
December 4th, 2014
Bill Gross, the 70-year-old king of bonds, rushed through the offices of his $2 trillion empire on a Friday morning distributing hand-written notes. He knew his reign was over. The billionaire co-founder of Pacific Investment Management Co. and its ...
European Bonds Gain With Stocks as Aussie, Kiwi Decline
November 25th, 2014
Bonds rose and European stocks gained for a third day on prospects for more stimulus as inflation slows. Brent crude traded near a four-year low before a meeting of oil exporters and currencies from commodity-producing nations weakened. Spain’s 10-year ...
Tired of investing in stocks and bonds? Try buying a more liquid asset — whiskey!
November 24th, 2014
Investors around the world are betting big on whiskey, which can skyrocket in value and toss back whopping returns. Since the first whiskey index was formed six years ago, top single malts have risen in value by more than ...
Weidmann: “Government bond purchases harbour major moral hazard”
November 18th, 2014
Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has spoken out against possible plans to expand the Eurosystem’s balance sheet by way of government bond purchases on the part of the euro-area central banks. “Such purchases might create new incentives to run up debt, ...
Draghi Says ECB Measures Could Include Buying Government Bonds
November 18th, 2014
Mario Draghi has explicitly cited government-bond buying as a policy tool officials could use to stimulate the economy should the outlook worsen. “Unconventional measures might entail the purchase of a variety of assets, one of which is sovereign bonds,” the ...
Moody’s: Cyprus Government Bond Upgraded to B3
November 17th, 2014
Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Cyprus’ government bond rating to B3 from its previous rating of Caa3. The rating agency has also changed the outlook on the government bond rating to stable from positive and affirmed Cyprus’ Not-Prime (NP) ...
U.S. judge says Citigroup can process Argentina’s next bond payment
November 11th, 2014
A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Citigroup Inc could process an $85 million interest payment by Argentina on bonds issued under its local laws following its 2002 default. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa in New York said Citigroup could process the Dec. 31 payment ...
