Sustainable Finance: Fixed Income Meets Responsible Investing
We continue our series on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) related investment topics with this short primer on Sustainable Finance instruments. In prior reports, we have reviewed the meaning of ESG (ESG 101), as well as discussed specific ESG topics such as climate change (Investing and Climate Change). Additionally, we wrote about the energy transition…
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Tales from the Crypto: A Brief Q&A
As most investors are aware, Bitcoin has generated a significant amount of interest in the past year, to a large extent because of its explosive price appreciation as depicted in the chart below. Currently trading around $56,777, the cryptocurrency has jumped nearly 93% in 2021 after soaring 249% in 2020. While by far the most well-known…
Read MoreInvesting in Fixed Income: Let’s Be Careful Out There
With the Fed cutting interest rates to zero and pledging to leave them there for an extended period of time, we believe that fixed income investors must be mindful in their investing strategy. In this report, we take a deep dive into the current fixed income landscape, and our response to the low rate environment.…
Read MoreThe Curious Case of Negative Rates
In the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a man is born at an elderly age and then grows young over time, dying as an infant. Time moves backward for Benjamin Button, leading to strange and mind-bending scenes of life lived in reverse. In the financial markets, we are facing something similar, with what…
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