This week on BVTV Fund Manager Matt Russell joins in to discuss:
1) Why an interest rate shock could cause carnage in bond markets
2) The duration impact on a credit portfolio
3) Best strategies to hedge against interest rate risk going forward
Tune in for the charts and articles that are making headlines in bond markets.
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This week, Ritu Vohora, investment director in M&G’s equities team, joined me on the BVTV sofa to discuss the curious case of the de-correlation between equities and bond yields. Why are stocks and bonds both rising at the same time, and which market is giving the true outlook for the global economy?
Also this week: is Venezuelan debt in a death spiral? And what to watch out for in the markets….
Watch the videoLast week was a particularly busy week in the earnings season calendar, but has sentiment for the auto sector been dampened by the latest revelations in Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine of how car manufacturers colluded over diesel emissions treatment systems?
Wolfgang Bauer joins me for an auto sector special this week on BVTV, where we discuss the latest scandal, plus the impact of the further …
Watch the videoIt was just about 3 years ago the market was getting very relaxed about the global economy, asset prices were rich and volatility was very low…then the market sold off. Today it feels like we are back to that situation: a recession seems very unlikely, but can we experience another market correction? In this episode of BVTV we highlight 3 things that could potentially lead to a correction in th…
Watch the videoIn this episode of BVTV, I take a look at how the global economy is expected to perform in the second half of 2017. Is it a Goldilocks scenario of solid growth, low inflation and gradual monetary policy tightening, or is something more sinister lurking beneath the surface?
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As we enter the second half of 2017, one of the biggest themes to emerge recently has been renewed oil price weakness. M&G credit analyst Vladimir Jovkovic joins me this morning on BVTV to discuss what’s driving the latest price falls and what the possible implications may be for the next US high yield investment cycle. Also this morning: a quick recap of how bond markets have performed in the …
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Oil has entered a bear market, despite OPEC’s ongoing supply reduction of 1.8m barrels/day, which started in January 2017 and is set to continue until March 2018. How are fixed income markets reacting? Also, Argentina has been in the news twice this week: successfully tapping the market for the $2.75bn sale of a 2117 bond, but failing to make MSCI’s upgrade from frontier to emerging markets. Ho…
Watch the videoA hiking Fed has caused trouble for Emerging Markets in the past; will history repeat itself? Also, we touch on two things from the Fed meeting that are more interesting than the actual hike itself.
Tune in for the latest edition of BVTV, where Fund Manager Claudia Calich joined me to discuss how she has positioned her EM debt portfolios for the second half of the year.
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While last week ended with British prime minister Theresa May promising to provide ‘certainty’ after yet another shock election result, for markets, the opposite looks likely to be true. And with the renewed uncertainty of a hung parliament likely to prove unhelpful in upcoming Brexit negotiations, what implications can markets draw for UK growth prospects and the likely direction of gilts? Tun…
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