Education (basics),Education
In bond basics 2, we will go on to explain the basics around a bond itself, what the market looks like and how they work, so that investors new to the asset class can gain familiarity with them whilst considering taking an exposure for the reasons in the first article.
Trade opportunities
Whilst last month’s announcement was a damp squib, further commentary from Regional Presidents seemed to convince the market that longer term (10-year) yields needed to be higher, and we saw the Australian government 10-year yield follow the US Treasury about 30bps (0.30%) higher over the month.
Knowledge Series
With the exciting development of our new Small Parcel Trading service available to wholesale investors, we have had a number of queries from clients about how to become certified as wholesale.
Trade opportunities
Whilst last month’s announcement was a damp squib, further commentary from Regional Presidents seemed to convince the market that longer term (10-year) yields needed to be higher, and we saw the Australian government 10-year yield follow the US Treasury about 30bps (0.30%) higher over the month.
Knowledge Series
There are may ways investors can generate an income from their investment portfolio.
Knowledge Series
In this final article in the series we look at three more risks faced by bond investors - liquidity, foreign exchange, and position sizing.
Trade opportunities
While August was a relatively boring month in the bond market with low levels of issuance in bonds that we have an interest in, on the second last day of August we participated in a new issue from Pacific National.
Knowledge Series
In this second article in the series we look at the two main risks faced by bond investors - credit risk and interest rate risk.
Trade opportunities
While July was a relatively boring month in the bond market with low levels of issuance in bonds that we have an interest in, August holds promise of RMBS issuance.
Knowledge Series
Welcome to the first in our series of articles looking at the various inputs that go into our way of thinking about portfolio construction.