By Sophie Kiderlin and Rae Wee LONDON/SINGAPORE, March 20 (Reuters) - Global shares and the dollar nudged higher on Friday but were set for weekly losses while bonds remained under pressure as central ...

Stocks and bonds were struggling on Friday just as the likelihood is growing that the Federal Reserve may need to lift interest rates by December. The CME FedWatch Tool currently reflects a 30.1% ...

Despite recent turbulence, the core case for bonds remains intact. Fixed income offers something increasingly scarce across financial markets: a contractual stream of payments and a defined endpoint.

Bond managers are doubling down on bets that central banks’ monetary policy will diverge, even as the inflation fear unleashed by the war in Iran boosts the case for higher interest rates.

Bond yields have surged as Europe's central banks grapple with new inflation fears.

Columbia High Yield Bond Fund Institutional Class (CHYZX) shares returned 1.34% for the quarter ending December 31, 2025.

In a similar fashion, investors have actively deliberated in recent weeks on how much — and when — the Fed will cut interest rates this year. On Aug. 29, rate traders signaled a 65.5% probability that ...

The Federal Reserve cut rates three times between September and December 2025, bringing its benchmark rate down from 4.5% to its current level of 3.75%. Then it stopped. The January 2026 meeting ended ...

One notable trend across both mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is the growing prevalence of core-plus fixed-income strategies. These funds operate under a two-part mandate. The “core” ...