Active and passive funds together can help achieve financial goals during market volatility: ICRA AnalyticsICRA Analytics said investors should blend active and passive mutual fund strategies to navigate volatile markets driven by geopolitical te...
07 May, 2026, 12.05 PM IST
Energy shock from Iran war delays rate cuts, sets up divergent paths for Fed, ECB and BoJThe Iran war's impact on energy prices is forcing central banks to reassess policy. Robeco anticipates the Fed will cut rates twice this ye...
03 May, 2026, 10.57 AM IST
Why Nifty bulls must buckle up for the next big fallThe US Fed’s interest rate cut and yield curve inversion signal potential recession and market corrections, with historical trends showing ...
23 Dec, 2024, 01.16 PM IST
Equity markets can’t ignore rising bond yields in US: Chris WoodJefferies' strategist Chris Wood warns that rising US bond yields, driven by Trump's policies and deteriorating fiscal conditions, could ne...
09 Nov, 2024, 09.32 AM IST
World markets taken by surprise as Bank of Japan shifts bond yieldsThe 10-year-old Japanese bond yield was shifted plus/minus 50 points to improve market functioning, despite criticism that the central bank...
21 Dec, 2022, 12.24 AM IST
BOJ allows yields to rise more in surprise tweak to policyAs widely expected, the BOJ kept unchanged its yield curve control (YCC) targets, set at -0.1% for short-term interest rates and around zer...
20 Dec, 2022, 09.37 AM IST
Explainer: US yield curve inverts again: What is it telling us?A steepening curve typically signals expectations for stronger economic activity, higher inflation, and higher interest rates. A flattening...
14 Jun, 2022, 08.19 AM IST
Covid and rising oil prices big headwinds for India: Chris WoodThe big cyclical recovery in recent months has peaked out for the moment, says the Global Head of Equity Strategies, Jefferies.
05 Apr, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
Fed’s yield-curve control isn’t for taming long bondsYield-curve control has never been about squashing longer-term yields, like those on 10-year notes or 30-year bonds. Instead, it’s a way to...
17 Feb, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
ECB is capping bond yields but don’t call it yield curve controlThe ECB is buying bonds to limit the differences between yields for the strongest and weakest economies in the euro zone, according to offi...
20 Jan, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
Fed meeting expected to leave US bond-stock relationship out of whackStocks and bonds' moving in parallel is one of the distortions Fed policy makers may ponder when they meet next week, although they are exp...
27 Jul, 2020, 06.37 PM IST
RBI seen deploying hybrid playbook to keep bond traders guessingThe authority has bought about 1.2 trillion rupees of debt since April 1.
16 Jun, 2020, 07.47 AM IST
Fed to stay the course with yield-curve control likely aheadA few economists are expecting the Fed will at least signal the approach of a new stage.
04 Jun, 2020, 06.00 PM IST
India using yield curve control as rate cuts fail to deliverRBI is managing yields to keep borrowing costs in check after rate cuts failed to spur lending.
12 Feb, 2020, 12.17 PM IST
Yield inversion is coming to Asia as growth uncertainties spreadSpread between Singapore’s two- and 10-year yields narrowed to one basis point this week.
16 Aug, 2019, 08.16 AM IST
A flatter yield curve is not likely to bring trouble for marketsSince 1978 there have been five recessions, and five yield-curve inversions.
02 May, 2018, 09.59 AM IST
Janet Yellen gets that sinking feeling Alan Greenspan once knewMost Fed policy makers expect the central bank will raise the federal funds rate, which represents the cost of overnight loans among banks.
20 Nov, 2014, 01.43 PM IST