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...This is why in recent years investors have been rushing to buy short-dated gilts that were issued with very low coupon rates, with most of the returns delivered in tax-free capital gains....
...“It’s looking increasingly likely that we will end up with a short and shallow rate cutting cycle this time around,” said Mark Dowding, chief investment officer at RBC BlueBay Asset Management, who argued...
...FX strategists at JPMorgan, another big foreign exchange trading bank, said that in futures markets, short positions on the dollar had now “neutralised”....
...Some economists predict that the UK’s underperformance compared with other major bond markets this year will be short lived....
...Helen ThomasHead of Lex...
...The concerns about monitoring value for money in government bond sales come as the UK’s debt pile stands just short of its highest level on record at £2.6tn, after almost doubling over the past decade....
...“Time is short and there is lots to do,” Harris told the Irish parliament on Tuesday before receiving the seal of office from President Michael D Higgins....
...Possibly not, at least in the short term....
...Don’t fall for anything this weekend, Helen ThomasHead of Lex...
...— unlike MacMillan’s recent Christmas Oratorio, itself not short of dazzling effects....
...The S&P 500 has hovered just short of its January 2022 record in thin post-Christmas trading before dipping 0.3 per cent on Friday’s last trading day....
...helen.thomas@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Slapping a green label on mortgages ‘won’t cut it’ / From Steve Round, Co-Founder, SaaScada, London EC3, UK...
...The recent rally has also been fuelled by an unwinding of “extreme” short positioning — bets on lower prices — and the Bank of Israel’s willingness to use reserves to offset excessive currency weakness....
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