The rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) over the last year has been a significant news story in capital markets. For years, SPACs have had a tarnished reputation
for having conflicts of interest and lackluster returns. On the surface, investing … Read More

Traders betting on a further sustained rise in interest rates might want to listen more closely to what the US Federal Reserve is saying. There have been a lot of comparisons made in markets between recent volatility and the so-called … Read More

Around this time a year ago, I ruffled a few feathers among bond traders with the headline “This is the Scariest Gauge for the Bond Market.” The upshot was that when looking at the ratio of yields on corporate debt … Read More

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In the case of international trade and global payments, the U.S. made aggressive use of sanctions and tariffs. With some merit, Washington has argued that these actions level the playing … Read More

Popular ERISA safe harbor features expose DC participants to increased levels of risk and retirement income insecurity.

DoubleLine’s investment team follows a mandate that tries to avoid taking risks that historically have led to catastrophic principal losses. In fact, the name … Read More

The year 2020, and the decade leading up to it, have led to some interesting reversals in U.S. corporate credit, including irregularities across the investment grade (IG), high yield and bank loan markets. What is the state of play? Investment … Read More

If launched, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), as I have recently warned, will put at risk the independence of monetary policy and what little is left of fiscal discipline within their borders of circulation. Central banks are not stopping at … Read More

The distinct roles of copper versus gold – the red metal’s industrial necessity, the popular perception of the yellow metal as a safe haven – can embed useful information in their market prices, particularly in relationship to each other. Broadly … Read More