Diversification never ever goes out of style
https://financialpost.com/investing/bear-market-rallies-fun-rent-not-own-insurance
Surprise interest rate hikes from Canada and Australia suggest larger markets may also need to tighten further
https://financialpost.com/news/economy/boc-rate-hike-canary-coal-mine-fed-decision-looms
For those drawing from a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds, there is a huge risk lurking within the dispersion of the portfolio’s returns
Market seen searching for 'equilibrium' after a long period of low interest rates and quantitative easing
About US$95.7 billion of green bonds have been issued this year, according to the Climate Bond Initiative's website
New Financial Post Investing columnist Tom Bradley on why valuation is the most telling metric when it comes to potential future returns
What next after Apple? That’s the challenge for the next bond issuer, given the "WOW" factor that accompanied this week’s first issue in the domestic market
Certainly, if bond markets are signalling pending disappointment in Trump’s stimulus efforts, they have plenty of reason
While our contrarian alarms are flashing DEFCON 1, we heard a great saying the other day that market tops are a process and bottoms are an event
Trent has joined the select group of Canadian universities that have raised debt capital in the fixed income markets, while Laval has become the first Canadian university to fully divest from fos...
Half of the projects from the most recent deal are in the area of clean transportation, while the rest are in the area of energy efficiency and conservation
Martin Pelletier: Action in the bond and U.S. dollar markets represents the greatest risk to the global economy's stability since the onset of the 2008 financial crisis
Back in 2012, many fund managers talked about preparing their clients for money leaving bonds and pouring back into equities. But it still hasn't happened
Thursday's selloff was worsened not just by expectations of higher interest rates in the U.S., but also decreased central bank support in Europe and Japan
In subsequent weeks after the referendum, bonds sold off as investors gradually accepted the news and markets became more calm
But while the bank can be very pleased with its efforts, two European multi-nationals have gone one better
The province aims to deepen bonds with India and get its name in front of investors and the Indian business community in hopes of boosting trade and investment
The Canadian Securities Administrators says it's willing to grant regulatory relief to ensure that international dealers can participate in the Canadian bond market.
The lack of market discipline has resulted in central banks becoming increasingly emboldened
Just how far we have come from the way things used to work has become painfully clear in the wake of Brexit
http://financialpost.com/investing/joe-chidley-less-than-zero-and-the-trouble-of-falling-yields
With voters around the world clamouring for political change, JPMorgan analysts predict a new wave of global fiscal easing is coming that would derail the bond market
The number of countries with a pristine credit rating is shrinking and this country stands to benefit from being in the exclusive club
The high dividend trade has outperformed the broader market by a healthy margin so far in 2016, and that trend doesn't appear to be easing off anytime soon
http://financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/stocks-to-play-the-ongoing-dividend-trade
Stocks are expensive because investors don't have anywhere else to put their money. Or so goes the argument many have made in recent years.
Bonds have been on a hot rally this year: Everything from high-yield corporates to U.S. Treasuries have seen prices soar through the roof
Now is the time to pick up some bargains in the high-end bond market, analysts say, after a sell-off sparked by fear, not fundamentals
Investors interpreted the Fed's tone as dovish when it raised the target rate on Wednesday, but David Rosenberg heard differently and expects there to be several more hikes next year
http://financialpost.com/investing/investing-pro/david-rosenberg-feds-rate-hike-not-all-that-dovish
A downdraft fuelled by low oil prices, the prospect of higher interest rates in the United States, and a confidence-shattering tweet from widely followed investor Carl Icahn, sent the junk bond m...
Exchange-traded funds are good way for younger investors to build wealth, but they will also work for older investors who want to avoid risk
Investors including central banks, pension funds and asset managers from Canada, Asia, the U.S., Europe and the Middle East buy into bond
Christine Horoyski has increased her foreign content allocation rather significantly in her search for yield, but won't stretch for higher yields at any cost
http://financialpost.com/investing/buy-sell/where-to-find-better-bond-yields
While many investors are running scared from bond markets, Fidelity Investments' David Wolf doesn't frighten easy and isn't ready to join the fleeing crowd just yet
http://financialpost.com/investing/why-david-wolf-says-now-is-not-the-time-to-abandon-bonds
The decline in 'defensive' fund flows is happening while the relative valuation of bond proxies to the TSX is still very rich
http://financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/where-to-find-yield-as-bond-proxies-weaken
The proceeds from that private placement of unsecured long term notes will be used for capital expenditures at Québec City's Jean Lesage International Airport
http://financialpost.com/news/fp-street/aeroport-de-quebec-inc-completes-265-million-bond-issue
The corporate bond market may face big problems when rates rise, but the global head of BlackRock iShares isn’t overly worried about the impact that might have on his firm’s fixed-income ETFs
http://financialpost.com/investing/etfs/why-bond-etfs-have-little-to-fear-from-a-market-collapse
Traders are in a panic today, taken off guard by the collapse, but the writing has long been on the wall. Here are the reasons behind the rout and where it could go from here
The government of Saskatchewan has joined the select list of provincial borrowers to do a so-called private carve-out at the same time that it does a public market debt offering
One strategist believes three per cent could be the choking point for stocks
If we are truly at a turning point for yields, which this week's bond market selloff suggests, bond-like defensive stocks are going to suffer
http://financialpost.com/investing/why-the-safety-trade-is-getting-riskier-for-investors
Pimco managing director and head of Canadian portfolio management believes the market had been signalling a correction was on the way as prices continued to seemingly defy all reason
In times of difficult liquidity conditions, ETFs provide an additional layer of liquidity
http://financialpost.com/investing/etfs/how-bond-etfs-can-help-during-big-market-selloffs
Bond investors, who have long heard warnings of how the era of record high prices was unsustainable, are facing a reckoning and analysts warn the worst may be yet to come
Why are investors willing to buy into negative yields and the prospect of losing on their returns? Because they can’t afford not to
http://financialpost.com/investing/why-investors-keep-buying-bonds-despite-negative-yields
Michael Nairne: Many retirees are not prepared for the hard choices looming ahead as real interest rates remain pitiful
And you thought the Leafs had it bad — bond yields stink and the bull market has been on the ice for a long time. Joe Chidley looks at the best gameplay for investors
Gluskin-Sheff's chief economists says, for those seeking income, equities today are better yielding than government bonds, which have become the domain for brave speculators
If you're looking for yield, David Rosenberg recommends avoiding the government bond market
http://financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/why-david-rosenberg-says-to-avoid-government-bonds
"Only in a zero-yield world where investors have confidence deflation will be beaten can equities perform."
http://financialpost.com/investing/trading-desk/investing-in-a-zero-yield-world
Michael Nairne: What might surprise many investors is that long-term return forecasts are actually more stable than short-term ones
David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates, provides some recommendations for 2015