Silicon Valley Bank: Shares Plummet 70%, Clients Reportedly Told Wires Are “Backed Up”
Investors sold shares of SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB) and other US banks after the tech-focused lender reported it lost
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Bonds
What Are Current Bond Spreads Telling Us About The Economy?
Continuing a pattern which began in the early fall of 2022, and which has accelerated over the first five weeks
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Ottawa To Allow Bank Of Canada To Keep Earnings And Recoup Self-Inflicted Losses
The federal government–through Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland–is looking at legislative amendments to enable the Bank of Canada to keep revenues
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Bank Of Japan’s Yield Curve Control Curves Back
After surprising investors and economists with widening its 10-year bond yield range, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is caught in
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Coinbase: Is The Current Price Weakness A Warning Sign?
One of the biggest red flags for an investor is a stock’s refusal to participate in a broad-based, largely indiscriminate
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Junk Bond, Stock and Treasury Markets Have Conflicting Signals About The 2023 Economy
In a fitting end to a confusing financial year, the high-yield bond, stock and Treasury markets seem to have widely
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Chrystia Freeland Creates More Pain for Canadians, Scraps Issuance of Inflation-Tracking Bonds
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is crying crocodile tears over the rapid erosion of Canadians’ purchasing power. On one hand, she
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U.S. Bonds: Yield Curve Is The Most Inverted Since 1981
The negative 77-basis point (bp) yield spread between the U.S. two-year Treasury note (4.35%) and the U.S. ten-year government bond
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Bank of England Embarks on Second Bond-Buying Spree, Warns UK’s Financial Stability Faces ‘Material Risk’
The Bank of England was forced to intervene in UK financial markets once again, as the country’s bond market remains
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Volatility In European Bond Markets Adds To Uncertainty In Global Markets
On top of too-hot inflation readings and fears of an economic downturn in most western nations, volatility in European bond
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