Judge orders Trump company to tell watchdog about appeal bonds

Judge orders Trump company to tell watchdog about appeal bonds

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, October 25, 2023. Jeenah Moon | Reuters A New York judge ordered Donald Trump’s company Thursday to tell a court-appointed financial watchdog about any future efforts to obtain bonds … Read more

Don’t trust Trump’s ‘impossible’ appeal bond claims, attorney general tells judges

Don’t trust Trump’s ‘impossible’ appeal bond claims, attorney general tells judges

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at a Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James against him, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in New York City, U.S., October 4, 2023.  Mike Segar | Reuters If Donald Trump were … Read more

Adani Group stocks: Adani Group stocks, bonds fall as the US said to widen probe

Adani Group stocks: Adani Group stocks, bonds fall as the US said to widen probe

Mumbai: A year after the American short-seller Hindenburg’s claims shook Gautam Adani’s business empire, the ripples of an investigation by the US authorities into a bribery allegation have touched the influential business group. Stocks and bonds of Adani companies fell on Monday amid news reports that US prosecutors have widened their probe to investigate whether … Read more

Bank of Japan hikes rates for the first time in 17 years, abolishes yield curve control

Bank of Japan hikes rates for the first time in 17 years, abolishes yield curve control

Japan flag and Japanese Yen cash banknotes (money, economy, business, finance, inflation, crisis) Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday for the first time since 2007 and abolished its yield control curve policy, ending the world’s last negative rates regime on early signs of robust wage gains … Read more

bonds: In a ‘radical shift’, frontier markets go for policy changes

bonds: In a ‘radical shift’, frontier markets go for policy changes

Frontier markets have embarked on aggressive policy shifts, and investors in local-currency bonds are starting to reap the benefits. Central banks across key frontier economies including Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt have hiked policy rates significantly in recent months, while also implementing steps to liberalise markets – such as Nigeria’s move to allow free trading in … Read more

Wholesale inflation hotter than expected

Wholesale inflation hotter than expected

U.S. Treasury yields climbed Thursday after hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation report worried traders about its potential impact on Federal Reserve policy going forward. Yields on the 10-year Treasury note rose about 11 basis points to 4.298%, while the 2-year Treasury yield was last at 4.69%, up about 6.5 basis points. Yields and prices move in opposite … Read more

Inflows into index-eligible Indian bonds set to hit $10 billion

Inflows into index-eligible Indian bonds set to hit  billion

Foreign inflows into India’s sovereign bond market are closing in on the $10 billion mark ahead of the country’s inclusion in the JPMorgan Chase & Co’s emerging markets debt index. Investments into index-eligible Fully Accessible Route bonds have risen by 812.18 billion rupees ($9.8 billion) since the announcement in September, data from the Clearing Corp. … Read more

El-Erian and Krugman can’t shake off their market fears

El-Erian and Krugman can’t shake off their market fears

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on February 29, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images A new day, a new all-time high. From stocks to bitcoin, asset classes across the board have been hitting uncharted territories. Why? There are a few reasons … Read more

10-year Treasury yield little changed after unemployment rate ticks up in February jobs report

10-year Treasury yield little changed after unemployment rate ticks up in February jobs report

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield was near flat on Friday after the February jobs report showed solid employment growth but also an increase in the unemployment rate. The yield on the 10-year Treasury was less than 1 basis points lower at 4.085%. The 2-year Treasury yield was last down by about 3 basis point at … Read more

The bets she’s making now

The bets she’s making now

Sonali Pier is a portfolio manager with Pimco Pimco’s Sonali Pier strives for outperformance. The youngest of three and the daughter of Indian immigrants, Pier set her sights on Wall Street after graduating from Princeton University in 2003. She began her career at JPMorgan as a credit trader, a field that doesn’t have a lot … Read more