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12 October 2018, Berlin: A young black rhino looking at the outside enclosure of the zoo for the first time since birth. Paul Zinken | picture alliance | Getty Images Investors will soon be able to buy bonds that aim to increase the population of the endangered black rhino, and …

NHAC NGUYEN | AFP | Getty Images North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (C) arrives at the Dong Dang railway station in Dong Dang, Lang Son province, on February 26, 2019, to attend the second US-North Korea summit. North Korea said Sunday it wants an investigation into a raid on …

JOE KLAMAR / AFP Presidential candidate Zuzana Caputova reacts as she takes a big lead after the first exit polls in her election’s headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia on March 30, 2019. – Zuzana Caputova, a Slovak government critic who faces off against the ruling party’s candidate in the second round …

Mladen ANTONOV | AFP Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih attends a press conference at the end of the 13th meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) of OPEC and non- OPEC countries in Baku on March 18, 2019. OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia will continue to ignore President Donald …

Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar-Solksjaer celebrates at full-time following the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United at Parc des Princes on March 06, 2019 in Paris, France. English Premier League soccer team Manchester United appointed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer …

Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Saudi Aramco logo sits on display during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 13, 2018. Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled energy giant Aramco plans to issue a $10 billion bond as early as next …

Matt Crossick/PA Images via Getty Images Barclays Bank’s UK headquarters in Canary Wharf, London. Barclays Plc on Wednesday said the top boss of Barclays International and Barclays Bank Plc, Tim Throsby, had decided to leave the lender as part of wider leadership changes at the banking giant. “Restructuring is behind …

DANIEL ROLAND | AFP | Getty Images Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) arrives for a press conference following the meeting of the Governing Council in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on September 13, 2018. European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi said that a temporary slowdown in …

Getty Images UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor poses after a news conference with lightweight contender Nate Diaz at UFC Gym February 24, 2016, in Torrance, California. Controversial Irish fighter Conor McGregor announced his retirement from Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) on Tuesday, five months after losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a …

Investors are often motivated by short-term market players when making decisions. Shorter-dated bonds are highly sensitive to the Federal Reserve policies than longer-dated bonds. However, longer-term bonds are more sensitive to inflation expectations in the economy as inflation eats into the purchasing power of a bond’s future performance. In very …