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Central bank at cusp of reflation trade girds for long fight

Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) signalled it’s ready for a prolonged battle with bond traders betting on a reflation wave sweeping across the global economy. “The bank remains committed to the 3-year yield target and recently purchased bonds to support the target and will continue to do so as necessary,” Governor Philip Lowe said in a statement, after ...

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Investors put record $86bn into stock ETFs in February

Bloomberg When faced with a spike in Treasury yields and a tech sector pullback that erased $1 trillion from stock prices, exchange-traded fund (ETF) investors decided to pour more money into equities. Despite the recent turmoil in the bond market, the S&P 500 Index extended a rally from its March 2020 lows to more than 70% and ETFs tracking stocks ...

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Stock rally ebbs as commodities dip; dollar advances

Bloomberg Most Asian stocks slipped on Tuesday along with US and European equity futures as investors weighed the impact of the recent climb in bond yields and a Chinese official’s warning about asset bubbles. The dollar rises. Shares in China and Hong Kong led the regional decline. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures turned lower. China is “very worried” about ...

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