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By Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg |
May 24, 2013
Wall Street banks are expanding holdings of speculative-grade bonds as prices fall from record highs with investors retreating from exchange-traded funds that buy the debt.
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By Marc Nemenoff |
May 23, 2013
In the last 24 hours the bonds have had quite a range falling as low as 142’08 as the market sold off based on comments from Fed Chairman Bernanke that the possibility exists that the Fed may slow down bond purchases by September.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2013
Treasuries fell, pushing 10-year note yields above 2 percent for the first time since March, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told Congress the Fed may cut the pace of bond purchases at the next few meetings if policy makers see indications of sustained economic growth.
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By Lu Wang and John Detrixhe, Bloomberg |
May 22, 2013
Treasuries tumbled with gold and the dollar rallied, while U.S. equities retreated, as concern grew that the Federal Reserve will scale back its stimulus efforts if the labor market continues to improve.
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By Rebecca Christie |
May 21, 2013
Government bonds should be excluded from the European Union’s planned financial-transaction tax, a panel of European debt-management officials said.
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By Susanne Walker and Emma Charlton, Bloomberg |
May 21, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields traded at almost the highest level in two months before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke testifies on the economy in Congress tomorrow.
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By Sholom Sanik |
May 20, 2013
The month of May started out on a strong economic footing, and the Treasury market began what would be a multi-week selloff. On May 15, the first of the bad headlines hit the wires. Now what for U.S. 30-year bonds?
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By Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
May 20, 2013
The longest decline in Treasuries this year has left U.S. government debt the cheapest since March 2011 when measured by real yields and the best relative value compared with German bunds in more than two decades.
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By Press Release |
May 15, 2013
Trading volume in local currency Asian bonds has grown from less than an annual $500 billion in 2008 to more than $1 trillion in 2012.
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By Austin Kiddle |
May 15, 2013
Bubble talks about bonds and stocks have surfaced as have the concerns that the Fed will taper off its QE program sooner than expected. Strength in physical gold demand has countered the gold-backed ETF outflows.
