All North America articles – Page 9
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US inflation – Higher for longer?
US inflation looks set to rise significantly heading into the summer. Contrary to the view that this will be a temporary increase, a number of forces could combine to create greater structural pressure pushing prices higher for longer.
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US Stock-Bond Correlation: What are the Macroeconomic Drivers?
For the last 20y, the correlation between stock and bond returns has been negative, enabling CIOs to increase stock allocations, with bonds acting as a hedge, while still satisfying a given risk budget.
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4 reasons why US debt may not spin out of control
Is surging US debt sustainable, or will it spin out of control?
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Fed to keep policy easy despite arrival of economic boom
Evidence continues to mount that a combination of vaccinations and stimulus are creating some of the strongest economic growth data in decades. Even so, the Fed remains committed to easy monetary policy until unemployment falls further and inflation materializes.
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What is the toll on this road?
The U.S. is crying out for infrastructure upgrades, but an overshoot on taxes could put its companies at a disadvantage.
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Amid a US economic boom, how high can rates go?
The possibility of an economic boom this year has stoked worries about higher inflation and prompted a sharp selloff in US Treasuries.
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The big bounce back
A high-velocity vaccine rollout, $1.9 trillion stimulus package and a year of pent-up consumerism mean the future is bright for U.S. mid-market direct lending, says Churchill Asset Management’s Randy Schwimmer.
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A U.S. Treasury Bear is Born
Bear markets typically begin cloaked in a spirit of denial. Confutation can be virtuous because decline owns up to problems and making a change to solve them is often too painful. It’s human nature to seek pleasure to avoid pain. So, folks resist and hang on to their dogmas unyielding beliefs like “inflation hasn’t happened and can’t happen because demographics and technology won’t allow it to happen just look at Europe and Japan.” Certainly, an entire generation has grown to acquaint a bond bear but just for a brief “hello” and a more celebrated long “good-bye”.
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Increasing Yield with US Corporate Bonds
For 2021, with interest rates very low and spreads tight, investors are wondering where to turn in order to generate returns in the liquid fixed income universe. We will show that US credit investments offer attractive returns even after currency hedging. Due to a steep US yield curve, the expected return is higher than the current yield.
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Asset Manager News
Nuveen Real Estate and Taconic Partners Complete Successful $600M Recapitalization for State-of-the-Art Life Sciences Hub at 125 West End Avenue in New York
Nuveen Real Estate and Taconic Partners completed a $600 million capitalization of 125 West End Avenue, New York City’s newest life sciences building on Manhattan’s West Side.
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U.S. Real Estate: Why the Life Sciences Market is Flourishing
The Life Sciences real estate market is growing rapidly with investor and tenant interest reaching new highs. Barings Real Estate’s Joe Gorin and Nasir Alamgir explain what’s driving this—from both equity and debt perspectives—and weigh in on where the market may go from here.
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1st Quarter Signals: Five questions facing markets
Markets have continued to ride their upward momentum through the first quarter of 2021,with investor optimism fueled by wider distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and expectations for the sizeable fiscal stimulus package from the Biden Administration.
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The unique time for US value: rotation from growth plus innovation, quality and ESG improvement
The rotation towards value is a key theme of our 2021 investment outlook. As the US economy moves towards reopening and a return to normalcy, we expect an overly accommodative Federal Reserve (Fed) to let the economy ‘run hot’ in the near to medium term, meaning reflation and a steeper yield curve.
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Will the Energy Sector Evolve or Devolve?
Change in the White House has brought swift transformation to US environmental policies, especially those affecting the oil and gas sector. We don’t believe the beginning of the end is here for the oil and gas industry, but the energy sector faces substantial change—and companies need to adapt over time.
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How Much Further Will US Rates Rise?
US Treasury yields have surged recently, buoyed by rising optimism about economic growth and rising inflation expectations. Based on our growth forecast, longer-term rates will likely rise for the next few quarters—but more slowly. And we think the Fed is prepared to push in the other direction if rates rise too far, too fast.
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Asset Manager News
GTIS Partners Announces Origination of $146 million Loan to Extell Development for Upper East Side Condo Inventory
GTIS Partners LP (“GTIS”) today announced that it will be providing a $146 million inventory loan to Extell Development (“Extell”) to refinance the remaining units in The Kent, a fully completed 104-unit, 210k square foot, 30-story residential condominium tower with ground floor retail in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The loan will be made in partnership with Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies.
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Are Growth Stocks Attractive in a Post-Pandemic World?
The recent selloff of US growth market darlings reflects increasing questions about whether their growth potential still justifies exceptionally high valuations. Away from the froth, growth investors can still find solid return potential in quality companies with profitable, sustainable business models.
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GTIS Partners Forms Joint Venture with Casa Fresca to Build Entry-Level Homes in Tampa
GTIS Partners LP (“GTIS”), a real asset investment and development firm based in New York, today announced the formation of a joint venture (“JV”) with Casa Fresca, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Homes by WestBay (“WestBay”), to invest $50 million of equity in the acquisition, development, construction, marketing, and sale of entry level homes in communities located across the Tampa MSA.
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The Structural and Cyclical Case for U.S. Real Estate Debt
While the ongoing disruption from the pandemic will put downward pressure on market fundamentals until the virus is no longer a threat, opportunities will likely emerge across the risk-return spectrum in advance of a recovery in demand and property income.
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Video
Bloomberg - GTIS Founder ‘Nervous’ About Office Vacancy Rates in NYC
GTIS founder and Chief Investment Officer Tom Shapiro discusses the state of the real estate market amid the Covid-19 pandemic with Bloomberg’s Vonnie Quinn on “Bloomberg Markets.”