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CME Group, one of the US's premier financial institutions, plans to launch futures on bitcoin. This will give investors a clean way to bet on the price of the cryptocurrency, whose price has soared eightfold this year. -
US President Donald Trump doesn’t normally stick to playing it safe. But by picking Jerome Powell to lead the Federal Reserve he has got the closest thing to Janet Yellen without having to reappoint the incumbent Fed chair to a second term.
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Public sector borrowers have enjoyed enviable funding conditions this year, but thanks to the machinations of central banks, 2018 is shaping up to be even better.
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In mid-2013, when the Federal Reserve started to reduce the rate at which it was buying bonds through its quantitative easing programme, bond investors panicked and a sharp sell off ensued. While the US bond market eventually realised the stimulus was no longer needed, that the US economy was expanding without it, and that tapering was the right decision by the then Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, it was a volatile six months.
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When market participants can’t see a possible end to a bond rally, the ending is likely to be brutal.
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This week, Esselunga, a 60 year old Italian supermarket chain issued its debut corporate bonds. It is rated Baa2/BBB-, the same as its own government.
