How long is the long term in the bond market? Would you believe 57 years? That’s how long you must be prepared to own U.S. government bonds if you want to be assured of not losing to inflation. This depressing statistic comes from the just-released 2021 edition of Credit Suisse’s …
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About nine months ago, oil futures did a crazy thing and briefly crashed into negative territory, marking a low point of a historic bear market for the commodity. But this week, oil reclaimed its 12-month highs, with U.S. benchmark futures CL.1, +0.53% settling at $ 56 a barrel Thursday and …
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Ready for this week’s retirement investing pop quiz? In what kind of bonds should you invest the fixed income portion of your portfolio if you thought that a huge economic downturn was just around the corner—U.S. Treasurys or High-Grade Corporate Bonds? The standard answer from most financial planners is the …
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Dear Moneyist, Last week, my parents surprised my three siblings and I, by giving us an in-life inheritance of $ 8 million U.S. dollars in stocks, bonds, ETFs etc. in a shared account (25% for each). As my brothers and I were discussing that we’d re-invest almost all of the …
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Illustration by Kevin Whipple The year is 2100 and a worker is facing retirement. She’s been a conscientious employee, but she hasn’t been able to save much for her future because of years of family caretaking, student debt and low wages. But she’ll be able to enjoy retirement. That’s because …
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Don’t miss these top money and investing features: These money and investing stories, popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week, offer advice and insights for your portfolio decisions as the U.S. stock market heads into the worst of its seasonal weakness. Indeed, “fall” is the appropriate metaphor for the …
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The European Union proposed cutting 55% of the bloc’s emissions by 2030, up from its previous goal of 40%, and said hundreds of billions of euros worth of green bonds should help fund the target. At her first State of the Union speech on Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von …
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The U.K. on Wednesday became the latest country to sell bonds at negative interest rates, showing investor demand for government securities is so high than some are willing to pay for the privilege. According to the Debt Management Office, the U.K. auctioned £3.75 billion ($ 4.6 billion) of 3-year TMBMKGB-03Y, …
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Kraft Heinz Co., the company that makes Kool-Aid and Velveeta, saw its bonds lose their investment-grade status and fall into “junk” territory after two credit ratings firms on Friday downgraded the debt. The moves by Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings turned Kraft’s debt into a “fallen angel,” a term …
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