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Negative ‘real’ yields fed last year’s furious rally in everything from gold to tech stocks
Saudi Arabia’s ‘jaw-dropping’ supply cut fuels recovery in benchmark that crashed below zero last year
Hedge funds have crept back into the risky but lucrative ‘short-vol’ trade
Derivatives market signal adds to concerns of ‘excess enthusiasm’ for bull run
Energy leads way in broad rally that includes industrial metals and agriculture products
Low rates have helped offset concerns about equity prices untethering from profits
Swift action by the Federal Reserve reversed a dramatic tightening this spring
Gap between Italian and German yields tumbles after the ECB hints at further support
Pandemic breakthrough is now a clearer path forward for unloved stocks
S&P 500 companies report slimmer declines in sales and profits than forecast
China’s hopes to become carbon neutral by 2060 a boon to solar and wind producers
China has ramped up purchases of low-yielding Japanese government bonds
Some investors also worry about impact of a Joe Biden presidency
Sector tends to gain 20% in the months after a mid-cycle correction, says UBS
Concern over greenback’s 6% fall since April is unwarranted, says Oxford Economics
Technology index is up 11% this year, while falling lenders face ‘gloomy’ outlook
Cheap borrowing helped companies through Covid-19 crisis, but repayments are set to be a burden
Market cap of iPhone maker surpassed Russell 2000 in latest sign of a top-heavy market
Low interest rates and monetary stimulus drag down yields of high quality bonds
Suppliers curtailed production and liquidated inventories in expectation of plunging sales
Lack of tech bias in indices of UK, French and Italian equities puts them far behind peers
If the Fed loses control of price rises, the stock market could be shaken up, Wall St bank says
There is little incentive to end the polluting practice because of low oil and gas prices
More than 60 per cent of the global bond market now yields less than 1 per cent
US earnings season concerns are also weighing on investor sentiment
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