Topic: bonds

Japan's recent election could feed through to Cayman, which sits downstream of Japanese and US government bond markets and global trade flows.

One of the most significant developments in financial markets since the pandemic has been the shift in the correlation between bonds and equities from negative to positive.

For the past three decades, worrying about the US budget deficit, rising bond yields (lower prices) and 'bond vigilantes' has been a sure-fire way to lose money in financial markets. But, recently, the bond vigilantes have started to stir again.