US stocks cap best quarter since 2009
Wall Street advanced, and the S&P; 500 Index posted its best quarter since 2009. Shares in Lyft soared on their trading debut.
Low rates could make Australian firms prey for global mega-caps
Record low long-term rates could be squandered by Australian businesses, which are more likely to be hunted in a wave of private equity and mega-cap mergers and acquisitions.
Wall St's 'fear gauge'Â defies bond panic
Wall Street strategists warn growth fears coursing through government debt around the globe could awaken US equities from their slumber.
Australian bond yields at fresh record low
The futures market has fully priced in a second interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia in 2020.
Warning signals from German bond market
Ten-year bond yields dropped below that of Japan's for the first time since 2016.
Trump might have been right on the Fed
The recent plunge in bond yields suggests Donald Trump may have been justified in his criticism of how fast and far rates rose last year.
Fed rate cut expected as yield curves invert
The US Federal Reserve's about-face on rate increases was designed to boost investor confidence but have left markets "more pessimistic than...
Bond markets warn investors winter is coming
The financial world's most reliable predictor of an imminent recession just flashed red, but analysts are split on whether it's different th...
Record low yields stoke fears
Australia's 10-year bond rate has tumbled to a historic low 1.76 per cent, fuelling expectations the Reserve Bank will be unable to resist c...
US stocks fall amid hints of slowing growth
The S&P; 500 Index on Friday saw its biggest drop since January -- and lost 0.8 per cent for the week -- with materials and financials leadin...
