Jul 25
According to a research done by World Gold Council, there are several benefits of investing in GOLD over other investment classes. WGC has said in its research report that: Gold is emerging as a solution. Its lack of credit risk and countercyclical behavior make it an ideal source of collateral for CCPs, while their members …
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Jul 25
GOLD had always been touted as an unyielding asset. Due to this reason investors have often be attracted towards other yielding assets like Bunds and Gilts. We may never be able to get direct yield from GOLD because of the commodity nature of the metal but there is a way in which we can get …
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Sep 20
Bloomberg has reported in one its article that finally, prospects look brighter for European countries, at least that is what Bond Markets suggest. Europe’s sovereign debt crisis took hold at the end of 2009 after Greece’s newly-elected Pasok government said the budget deficit was twice as big as the previous administration disclosed. In April, Greece …
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Aug 31
I just now came across few good videos for those who want to know about the basics of finance. This video explains the basics of Bonds, T-Bill and T-Notes, and tells about reasons behind the shape of the yield curves.
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Aug 23
Please consider Resilience in the euro zone on Reuters.com It seems investors have decided that they will forget the Euro Debt Crisis, or are they forced to do so? Europe is gaining strength as GDP has started growing at pre-crisis rate and leading the euro resurgence is the biggest economy of Europe itself, Germany. More …
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Aug 20
In a report published by Bloomberg, the Yield for 2 yr Treasury note fell to a record low and 10 Year is at 16 Month low after manufacturing on New York region grew less than the forecast and foreign purchases of US debt climbed. Report says, "Benchmark 10-year note yields fell 7 basis points to …
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Aug 13
Yield curves have historically been used to infer about the economic and financial strength of an economy. It is said that Government and Treasury use yield curves to predict coming recession 3-4 quarter in advance. Yield curves are normally upward sloping at a diminishing rate. There are two common explanations for upward sloping yield curves. …
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