Central Banks

In a new report, JPMorgan analyst Marko Kolanovic weighed in on the current environment for equities, gold and oil, and discussed the options that central banks have moving forward. Kolanovic sees sentiment deterioration and fundamental selling from hedge funds, pensions, wealth funds and...

In a new report, Morgan Stanley analyst Betsy Graseck discussed what bank investors can expect if the U.S. falls into a recession or if market fears end up overblown and the economy remains stable. According to Graseck, the risk/reward balance is currently moderately bullish. Morgan Stanley...

A flattening yield curve and diminishing expectations that the Federal Reserve will be able to raise interest rates multiple times this year are among the factors dragging on U.S. bank stocks and the relevant exchange-traded funds. If higher interest rates really are efficacious for bank stocks,...

Broadly speaking, this has been a banner year for currency hedged exchange-traded funds. If they were not already, currency hedged ETFs have gone mainstream thanks in large part to the fact that no ETFs have matched the asset-gathering proficiency of the WisdomTree Inter Hedged Eq Fund (NYSE: HEDJ...

The Federal Reserve's upcoming December meeting is likely to result in an interest rate hike; the majority of analysts are expecting the bank to make a move. After a year's worth of anticipation, the bank is seen making good on its intentions to raise rates before the end of 2015. At its October...

With the U.S. Federal Reserve considering a rate increase in December, investors are starting to become jittery as fears about a market-wide slide increase. The uncertainty weighing on U.S. markets has caused many to begin looking further afield to regions like Europe, where the European Central...

Some exchange-traded funds are really enjoying the diverging policies of major global central banks. For example, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) recently delivered more yuan-depressing stimulus, and market participants are comfortable wagering the European Central Bank will add to its...

Volatility is the buzzword of the year. It seems like every other day, the markets are moving at swings that are normally seen as indicators of the beginnings of months-long selloffs. This buzzword has percolated into every facet of the market. Credit traders are watching more closely as rates...

This year's failings of the Brazil, Russia, India and China quartet – commonly known as “BRIC” – are well documented. Of the four major single-country BRIC ETFs, the average 90-day return entering Friday was a loss of over 21 percent, more than enough to qualify as a bear...

By the time Thursday rolled around, it probably was not that surprising that the Federal Reserve opted not to raise interest rates. Fed funds futures indicated that fewer than a third of traders were betting on such an outcome. It's Not Over 'Til It's Over Just as Cubs fans say there is always next...

Since the financial crisis, most central banks around the world have loosened their monetary policies in an effort to kick-start struggling economies. However, as economic conditions began to improve, central bankers were faced with the question of when and how to raise interest rates without...

With employment rate hovering around seven-year lows at 5.3 and the economy adding 215,000 jobs in July according to jobs data released on Friday, is a rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September now imminent? "Bond King" and portfolio manager at Janus Capital Group Inc (NYSE: JNS),...

At times, markets and investors place too much importance on every word coming out from the Fed. But according to Janus Capital Group Inc (NYSE: JNS) fund manager and "Bond King" Bill Gross, although investors should listen to what the Fed says, they must also have their own opinion....

"Bond King" and current fund manager at Janus Capital Group Inc (NYSE: JNS) for Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, Bill Gross, recently tweeted: Gross: (1 of 2) QEs worldwide supporting financial assets: ECB + BOJ each $1 trillion + — Janus Capital (@JanusCapital) June 10, 2015 Gross...

Buying low and selling high is an age-old adage. However, far fewer people put it into practice than those who quote it. Janus Capital Group Inc (NYSE: JNS) CEO Richard "Dick" Weil was on CNBC recently to explain how, as a professional investor, he overcomes the fear of applying that principle...