While the eyes of the world focus on Greece’s debt crisis, investors in Edinburgh are busy preparing for the U.K. to be next.
Turcan Connell, which caters to rich families, expects the pound to lose between 20 percent and 30 percent against the dollar once investors turn their sights on Britain as the government sells a [...]

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THIS year, bond unit trust funds will continue to be an important component in an investor’s portfolio although their performance will be tied to the global economic scenario.
When the economy is weak or is heading towards a recession, bonds will generally outperform equities as investors flee for safety asset class. But during an economic growth [...]

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It was the age of zeroes, the epoch of naughts, an era when we started with something and added just about nothing.
At least that’s what stock market commentators have been gravely telling us for at least a year.
The 2000s, they argue, was a lost decade. And at first glance, they appear to have gotten it [...]

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A belief that economic tumult has not completely passed and that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to make any dramatic rate moves has unexpectedly driven investors into Treasury auctions this week, bond experts say.

Sales this week of 2-, 5- and 7-year US Treasury notes fetched higher demand than many analysts anticipated. The latter two notes [...]

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Treasuries were the worst performing sovereign debt market in 2009 as the U.S. sold $2.1 trillion of notes and bonds to fund extraordinary efforts to bolster the economy and financial markets.
Investors in U.S. debt lost 3.5 percent on average through Dec. 30, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes, the biggest annual slide since [...]

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US central bank may unwind unconventional monetary policy to help jolt economy from prolonged recession. -AFP

NEW YORK – Wall Street enters the first trading week of 2010 on a bullish note but the market remains dogged by concerns on the timing of any interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve amid economy recovery.
The US central [...]

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NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks edged higher on Wednesday after a better-than-expected report on manufacturing activity, indicating that a recovery from recession was on track.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.10 points (0.03 percent) to 10,548.51, a day after the blue-chip index fell for the first time in seven sessions that saw new 2009 highs.
The [...]

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