published May 8th 2017, 5:26 pm, by Adam Haigh (Bloomberg) —Faith in the global economy reasserted itself, with bonds declining and U.S. stocks rising to fresh records while a gauge of volatility in the equity market tumbled to the lowest level since 1993. Asian stock-index futures signaled a mixed start

©2015 Bloomberg View NZH1FX6JTSEF (Bloomberg View) — Well, the Federal Reserve has finally gone and done it. It raised short-term rates by 25 basis points, and Fed officials predicted four more similar hikes next year. That will bring rates to a range of 1.25 percent to 1.5 percent. The era