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LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) - Central banks juggling inflation and financial stability mandates are prompting the wildest swings in bedrock government bonds for over a decade and a surge in volatility that may end up causing problems of its own. "The Fed and other central bankers have lost the luxury of focusing singularly on the fight against inflation," said Manulife Investment Management's Frances Donald. If the history of banking crashes and related credit crunches show them to be deflationary anyway, then many argue a central bank pause now may be the wisest choice. "The Fed is now fighting inflation as well as potential financial contagion," Lombard Odier Chief Investment Officer Stéphane Monier said. The first sign of regional bank stock calm on Tuesday, alongside the sticky core inflation readings for February, prompted a build-back of some bets for one last hike from each central bank.

☆ Overworking can be contagious. Here are 3 tips for keeping up with a workaholic colleague without burning out, according to a careers expert.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Overworking is contagious, according to Melody Wilding, an executive coach and author. Having a workaholic as a colleague can make employees feel like it is impossible to keep up. Here are three tips for working with a workaholic colleague without becoming one yourself. "Setting these expectations is really important with the workaholic because it's about not feeling pressure to keep up," she said. Find out what's important for youAttempting to keep up with a workaholic is a losing battle, Wilding said.

☆ U.S. recession still likely despite resilient economic data - PIMCO
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. bond manager Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) is sticking to its previous forecast that the U.S. economy is headed toward a recession, despite recent data indicating economic resilience. Tiffany Wilding, PIMCO North American economist, said the strong economic data suggests a recession may come later than previously expected, but remains likely. PIMCO, which manages $1.7 trillion in assets, said last month it would focus on high-quality bonds this year due to their higher returns and the protection they offer should the global economy economic downturn be deeper than anticipated. That rally, however, stumbled last week as the jobs data raised the prospect of more interest rate hikes by the Fed. "Although market-based measures of financial conditions have eased somewhat recently, financial conditions are still tight by historical standards," Wilding said.

☆ Guilt about leaving your job is natural. Here are 6 ways to set boundaries in your last weeks.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Melody Wilding | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Many people struggle with irrational feelings of guilt when leaving one job for another. Maintaining solid boundaries in your final days at work is important as you make your exit. When you move on to a new job, it's natural to worry about letting your team down. Here are six ways to set and keep boundaries in the last weeks of a job. And the position you're leaving could be an incredible opportunity for whoever replaces you.

☆ Stocks will suffer this year as a recession hits – but it could be time to load up on bonds, PIMCO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Equities have become less attractive amid higher interest rates and recession risk," strategists at the firm said. But the $1.7 trillion fixed-income giant is calling for investors to load up on bonds, which offer safer returns. "Equities have become less attractive amid higher interest rates and recession risk. Unlike stocks, bonds offer investors a fixed rate of return – which can prove more attractive in times of economic uncertainty. Read more: Watch the bond market and not the Fed for a steer on interest rates, billionaire investor Jeff Gundlach says

They projected their key policy rate would top out at between 5.00% and 5.25% this year, up from a current 4.25%-4.50% rate. Market pricing indicates investors remain wedded to a more dovish view, with the policy rate peaking below 5% around mid-June before falling in the second half of the year. Rieder believes policymakers will raise rates by 25 basis points at the next two meetings, with further 25 basis point increases possible, depending on data. Investors in short-term options had priced in a much sharper move of about 2% going into Thursday's CPI print, according to data from market maker Optiver. Tiffany Wilding, PIMCO's North American economist, believes the Fed is likely to raise rates just two more times this year before pausing.

☆ Oversharing at work can backfire — here's how to be vulnerable with your team without making people uncomfortable or seeming fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Melody Wilding | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The best way to be vulnerable is to share without relying on others to respond in any certain way. Many leaders say they embrace vulnerability because it allows them to connect with colleagues and team members on a deeper level. Vulnerability scripts attempt to "hotwire" connectionInterpersonal connections aren't made overnight, and that's why a vulnerability script doesn't usually have the intended effect. A vulnerability script has one hallmark quality: people don't buy it. Instead of trying to force listeners to play along with a vulnerability script, you're presenting an authentic (and yet not unfiltered) side of yourself.

☆ 8 Phrases That Make You Sound Weak at Work and What to Say Instead
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Michael Thompson | Mike Thompson Blog | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Avoid phrases like, "I'm not an expert but..." and "It's just that..." to sound more confident. Plus, according to sociologist Maja Jovanovic in her TED Talk, saying sorry make us appear smaller and timider than we really are. So if you catch yourself complaining instead of saying "sorry for venting" or "sorry for laying this on you," steal a line from Maja and try this simple switch instead — "Thank you for listening." But try to limit how much you say you're sorry when there's nothing for you to be sorry about. This may sound obvious, but "sorry, I'm stupid" happens.

☆ Whales help mitigate climate change by pooping carbon into the ocean and taking more with them when they die, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They act as carbon vaults by sinking to the bottom of the ocean when they die, scientists said. Though it may not be a solution to the climate crisis on its own, their ability to store carbon is another reason to encourage their numbers to rise in the oceans, the scientists said. Whales naturally store carbon by living their lifeWhales capture carbon mainly by pooping and dying. "You can think of whales as like big floating trees in the ocean," Pearson said. The whales can then feed on these new lifeforms, in huge quantities, locking that carbon in their body for many decades.

LONDON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve, investment world and wider economy now have a major sequencing problem. With headline annual CPI ebbing to 7.1% last month, and core rates undershooting forecasts too to just 6.0%, most economists seem confident inflation did indeed peak around midyear. Equivalent public readings from New York Fed surveys are on the wane too. Fed Futures See Lower Rates End-23Reuters Graphics Reuters Graphics"TAIL SCENARIO"Sounding something of a klaxon for most asset markets after the CPI number, the peak or terminal Fed funds rate that futures markets implied by May was dragged firmly back below 5%. Apart from verbal guidance, one important signal markets will watch on Wednesday will be the Fed's economic projections that include policy rate assumptions for the year.

☆ Human Composting Should Be an Option for New Yorkers - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Caitlin Doughty | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

Human composting — or, as it’s sometimes referred to, natural organic reduction — fulfills many people’s desire to nurture the earth after dying. In its place, Ms. Spade founded Recompose, a new for-profit company designed to bring human composting to the public. I have no stake in Recompose or any other human composting company.) Human composting, by Recompose’s reckoning, uses just an eighth of this energy and falls in total price between cremation and conventional burial at around $7,000. Human composting reframes the dead body: not something to be protected from nature and the elements, but something meant to return to them.

☆ We expect the U.S. economy to slip into a recession next year, says PIMCO's Tiffany Wilding
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe expect the U.S. economy to slip into a recession next year, says PIMCO's Tiffany WildingTiffany Wilding, North American economist at PIMCO, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to react to the revised third-quarter U.S. GDP data and the possibility of a recession.

☆ A 'vacation mindset' at work can make you happier, healthier, and avoid burnout. Here are 3 easy ways to adopt one.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Melody Wilding | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Business coach Melody Wilding says a "vacation mindset" at work can help you deal with stress. This sense of ease, engagement, and enjoyment is a vacation mindset at its finest. Mindfulness expert Leo Babuta describes vacation mindset this way:"Vacation mind is just [being] present in the current moment. So, what does it look like when you apply vacation mind to work? Vacation mindset is something that can be cultivated, and it can have a positive effect on both personal and workplace relationships.

☆ U.S. yields advance as markets gird for midterm elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields rose in choppy trading on Monday after a week of high volatility, as bond investors turned their focus to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday that will determine control of Congress. U.S. two-year yields, which are sensitive to rate expectations, rose 7 basis points to 4.216% . The yield on 10-year Treasury notes was up 4.3 basis points at 4.201%. U.S. 30-year Treasury yields were up 4.2 basis points at 4.289%. A closely-watched part of the U.S. Treasury yield curve measuring the gap between yields on two- and 10-year Treasury notes remained inverted at -52.1 basis points.

☆ Bank of Canada downshift helps lift TSX to three-week high
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Fergal Smith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index (.GSPTSE) ended up 182.75 points, or nearly 1%, at 19,279.76, its highest closing level since Oct. 4. The Toronto market's energy group rose 1.8% as U.S. crude oil futures settled 3% higher at $87.91 a barrel. The materials group, which includes precious and base metals miners and fertilizer companies, added 1.8%, while industrials ended 1.3% higher. Shares of Rogers Communications Inc jumped 5.8%, while Shaw Communications Inc (SJRb.TO) shares were up 7.2% as investors bet that Canada is likely to approve Rogers Communications' bid for Shaw. Reporting by Fergal Smith; Additional reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru; Editing by Cynthia OstermanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The red-hot labor market might be coming off its boil. Here's what jobseekers need to know about looking for work in an economic downturn.
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-23 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Experts recommend making a few key adjustments to your job search during a downturn. Are you out of your mind to even consider quitting your job and looking for a new one right now? Set a strict schedule for how much time you spend on your job search each day. Expand your target list of employersIn a tight labor market, employers do what they can to widen their potential pool of qualified applicants. But the dynamics shift in an employer's market.

☆ Social rejection at work can feel like middle school all over again. Here's what to do about it.
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-05 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

One of my team members let it slip during a weekly meeting. Reading between the lines, it appears you want to say something to your team members about this channel. Bringing up the subject or trying to find out what they're saying comes across as distrustful and insecure. It also sounds as though you're seeking approval and validation from your team members. As the leader, you should take your team out for beers on occasion to thank them for their hard work.

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