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Once upon a time, the bond roll down provided just that. The roll down allows buy-and-hold investors to generate gains beyond just the coupon on their bonds. Under a normal (that is, upward-sloping) yield curve, as longer bonds age, they are discounted using a lower rate as they come down the yield curve. For example, […]

With the phase 1 agreement officially on paper, the Chinese Yuan has returned to the level it was before the trade war hit its culmination point in August – on January 15th, the PBOC set the currency at 6.8845 USD/CNY (0.14525 CNY/USD), its strongest since the end of July last year. Yet the U.S. 10-year […]

In the fourth quarter of 2019, there were 35,155 consumer insolvency filings, according to Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. That’s the highest since 2010 and about 5,000 shy of the record reached in the third quarter of 2009. For the full year, over 137,000 Canadians declared bankruptcy, 9.5% more than the previous year […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has been indeed the top story so far in 2020, but the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia has also had a substantial impact on financial markets.