Gold, cryptos have gained in early trading Monday.
The securities industry has a long, sad history of firms going out of business after a product like GWG bonds fails.
End of rate-hikes era is sparking demand for sovereign and corporate debt.
Foreign investors sold $1.7B more than they bought in September.
Fixed income will be a strong asset class in 2024 amid economic challenges and overvalued equities.
Index reveals biggest one-day jump since March amid rates expectations.
‘The last of investors not convinced the Fed is done are likely throwing in the towel,' a portfolio manager says.
Titan Securities is already among the departed. It's not footing the bill for its own funeral.
Such investments also address American banks’ declining interest in making smaller, less-liquid loans since the 2008 financial crisis.
Private asset classes are also tipped to outperform bonds and real estate.
'The financial advisor recommended he put the entire amount in GWG L bonds,' the claimant's attorney says.
At least two banks were dropped from underwriting muni deals since Texas Attorney General Paxton said last week he was probing the energy policies of a group of financial firms.
The credit ratings industry has yet to figure out how best to incorporate climate risk in its models, so fixed-income investors are largely having to rely on their own assessments.
The stalwart strategy for investing is far from dead say Wall Street experts.
Volatility is heightened by uncertainty but yields are still trending higher.
The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF continues to gain inflows.
Investors have seen returns as high as 16% from one class of debt instrument.
Underlying core inflation is cementing opinion for the end of the cheap money era for now.
There's likely to be just $40 billion of corporate-grade ESG debt issued in the U.S., which is half what U.S. companies issued last year.
'The acceleration in growth justifies higher rates and hawks will remain concerned about backsliding on progress made on inflation,' says an economist.
