Author: Reuters

The British asset manager upgraded its stance on both U.S. investment grade and high yield bonds to ‘neutral’ from ‘negative’ backed by stabilising growth, rising demand and positive consumer sentiment data. In May, Moody’s downgraded the U.S. sovereign credit, while President Trump’s tariff policies has caused some volatility in benchmark Treasury bonds, which in turn have lifted corporate bond yields.Read More

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LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) -Emerging market debt sales boomed in the first half of the year, defying tariff tantrums, missile attacks and gyrating oil prices, on track for another year of records – and with nascent signs of a shift away from the dollar, bankers told Reuters. Cash-rich investors keen for margins – and to diversify their portfolios – hardly paused their buying spree even during U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” sweep of tariff announcements or Israel’s attacks on Iran. Record supplies of new bonds could continue, with low oil prices driving exporting countries to keep borrowing to fund spending.Read More

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