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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
March 4, 2013
Just the hint the Federal Reserve would end debt purchases that have supported bond prices sent Treasury yields soaring last month to the highest since April, a reaction that is unwarranted if money markets are a guide.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
March 1, 2013
Treasuries rose for a second day, with 10-year yields headed for the biggest weekly drop since September, as $85 billion of spending cuts that threatened to slow the world’s largest economy are set to be triggered.
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By Jeanna Smialek, Bloomberg |
March 1, 2013
Confidence among American households rose more than projected in February in a gain that could boost consumer buying, the largest part of the economy.
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By Susanne Walker, Bloomberg |
February 28, 2013
Treasuries rose for the first time in three days amid speculation the start of $85 billion in automatic federal spending reductions tomorrow will choke off the recovery in the world’s biggest economy.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
February 25, 2013
Treasuries rose, pushing 10-year yields down the most since November, as polls indicated the euro area’s third-largest economy, Italy, may be left with a hung parliament, stoking refuge demand.
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By Wes Goodman and Lukanyo Mnyanda, Bloomberg |
February 22, 2013
Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said gains in Treasuries this week were misguided.
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By Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
February 19, 2013
As President Barack Obama starts his second term, the bond market is already telling him that the administration’s forecasts for economic growth over the next four years are too optimistic.
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By Liz Capo McCormick and Masaki Kondo, Bloomberg |
February 19, 2013
The options market is signaling the threat of a breakup in the 17-nation euro bloc is disappearing as the price of insurance against wild swings in the region’s single currency fall to a five-year low.
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By Mahmoud Kassem, Bloomberg |
February 19, 2013
Bank of America Merrill Lynch said investors should buy emerging market bonds and equities as the so-called BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China post the biggest improvement in growth this year.
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By Susanne Walker and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
February 12, 2013
Treasuries declined before the government sells $32 billion of three-year notes, the first of three auctions of coupon-bearing debt this week totaling $72 billion.
