negative interest rates

Negative interest rates are controversial. As we discover the extensive damage done to the global economy from the pandemic of 2020, there will likely be calls from some quarters for more central banks, including the US Federal Reserve (Fed), to cut short-term rates below zero. And, there could be...

For some investors, negative interest rates have a certain stigma of doom and gloom attached to them — but it shouldn't be, at least according to Denmark. Interest rates have been negative in Denmark for a longer period than any other country on the planet, and the country's head of the...

Raghee Horner is a foreign exchange and commodity trader and author of various step-by-step books on trading. On Monday she was a guest on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep to discuss her view on gold and silver. According to Horner, gold could benefit investors in the negative interest environment...

Commodities are on the mend. That much is confirmed by the year-to-date performance of the PowerShares DB Com Indx Trckng Fund(ETF) (NYSE: DBC) and other diversified exchange-traded products. DBC is up 15.3 percent this year. Mending Commodities Some individual commodities, namely energy and...

EconSpeak's Barkley Rosser shared his thoughts on the rise of negative interest rates as nations around the world started to adopt them. According to Rosser, bonds bearing negative yields has past $70 trillion this year, up from $56 trillion in 2012. Rosser has been a fan of negative interest...

In a new report, HSBC analyst Steven Major addressed growing speculation that more global central banks, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, will opt for increasingly negative interest rates to combat deflation. According to Major, negative interest rates may also be a long-term solution to global...