What CDS Markets are Discounting

Apr 16, 2020 | Global Economy

While equities and commodities have collapsed, alongside widening corporate credit spreads, sovereign CDS have not reacted to the coronavirus crisis as might be expected. CDS spreads have widened, but current spreads pale in comparison to the 2008 financial crisis...

Surge in EGB Issuance May Result in Lower 2H20 Supply

Feb 5, 2020 | European Economy

January is typically a very busy month for European sovereign issuance as national treasuries kick off their annual funding programmes. This year has seen a marked uptick in supply relative to the previous year as issuers have taken advantage of low borrowing costs to...

The Dark Side of Reflation

Feb 17, 2017 | US Economy, US Equities

Higher economic growth usually translates into higher bond yields, higher stocks and rising oil prices; but, too much of a good thing is bad for stocks. Over the past few weeks, we’ve shown that our stock/bond RSI signal has triggered. We now have an Inflationary...

Higher Inflation Expectations to Favour Equities over Bonds

Nov 28, 2016 | US Economy

(from our Tactical of November 8th 2016) Bond yields have been rising in most countries, and yield curves have steepened across the developed world.  As the top chart shows, the rise in nominal yields has come from a rise in inflation breakevens, while real yields...

Long-term Real Yields’ Decline Implies Stagflation

Sep 12, 2014 | UK

Yield curves almost everywhere have been flattening.  At the long end of yield curves, bonds have been rallying all year.  This is to be expected in Europe, where growth remains lacklustre, inflation is very weak, and the ECB is firmly in easing mode.  However, even...