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By Stephen Kirkland and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
February 5, 2013
Stocks rallied, with benchmark indexes rebounding from the worst losses of the year, as more companies posted improving earnings and Dell Inc. agreed to the largest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis.
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By Marc Nemenoff |
January 29, 2013
Today begins a two-day FOMC meeting. At this time I do not expect any change in near term Fed policy. What could possibly change is the long term policy of quantitative easing.
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By Stephen Kirkland and Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
January 28, 2013
Treasury 10-year yields touched 2% for the first time since April after U.S. durable-goods orders climbed more than forecast. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index retreated following an eight-day rally, its longest since 2004.
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By Liz Capo McCormick and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
January 28, 2013
Treasury 10-year note yields touched 2% for the first time since April as orders for durable goods in the U.S. rose more than forecast, another signal the U.S. economic recovery may be strengthening.
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By Susanne Walker and Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg |
January 18, 2013
U.S. stocks closed at a five-year high and Treasuries rose for the fifth time in six days as investors weighed prospects for a short-term lift in the U.S. debt ceiling. The yen traded at a 2 1/2-year low.
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By Rita Nazareth and Sarah Pringle, Bloomberg |
January 16, 2013
Most U.S. stocks fell, following yesterday’s advance, as economic concern after the World Bank downgraded global growth forecasts tempered a rally in Apple Inc. and investors watched corporate earnings.
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By John Detrixhe and Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
January 15, 2013
Rates on Treasury bills maturing around the time the U.S. is forecast to run out of money to pay its obligations are higher than those on longer-maturity securities.
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By Anchalee Worrachate, Bloomberg |
January 15, 2013
The prospect of an economic rebound midwifed by Mario Draghi’s successful calming of the European bond market may finally prompt Germany to sell 30-year inflation-linked government debt.
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By Wes Goodman and Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
January 14, 2013
Shinzo Abe is set to become the best friend of investors in Treasuries as Japan’s prime minister buys U.S. government bonds to weaken the yen and boost his nation’s slowing economy.
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By Susanne Walker and Neal Armstrong, Bloomberg |
January 14, 2013
Treasuries advanced for a sixth time in seven days as investors sought the safest assets on speculation a disagreement among U.S. political leaders over the nation’s debt ceiling will derail the economy.
