April LaRousse
speaker
20 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 8 Jan
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Prices have been moving up and down quite a lot.
And there's just been a lot of bonds to buy.
Governments have been issuing a lot of bonds because they're running very large deficits.
And this is really in pretty much every country you look at.
Companies have been issuing lots of bonds.
So you have an unpredictable economic environment and you have a lot of bonds being sold.
That causes a lot of price movements.
Well, it sounds like good news, doesn't it?
We do want lower interest rates and the bond market normally likes that.
I think the issue is they're kind of already expecting it.
If the market's already pricing that in, then there isn't really a whole lot of scope for excitement.
I'm not sure that the volatility will necessarily unnerve governments, but they will be thinking about what sort of bonds do I need to sell?
Should I be selling longer ones or shorter ones?
When should I be issuing?
We don't think that on the whole governments are going to say we should be spending less.
It does seem as though there is a desire to continue to basically boost economic growth through higher government spending.
Absolutely.
If you are an active trader or an active investor and you're changing your investment positions, yeah, volatility can be a wonderful opportunity.
I suppose the issue really is if you're not taking active positions and if you're looking for what most people look to the bond market for, which is stable, predictable income, it is for those types of investors that volatility is kind of unsettling and they might be quite nervous about continuing to have investments in the bond market.
Thank you.
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