Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Fixed-income markets in the US reverted to their traditional role of delivering upside support when the rest of the portfolio tanks. It’s too soon to say if this is a return to form for bonds...

Fed policymakers leaning to 75 basis-point hike this month FOMC voter Bullard calling for 4.0% policy rate by end-2022 ECB faces dilemma as Russian gas cuts dampen economic outlook Federal Reserve...

Political crisis in Italy has been reflected in the widening spread in the Italy 10 Year vs. Germany 10 Year bond, but remember: not yet to the extent of the pandemic depths. Will the ECB have the...

3% plus United States 10-Year yields seem to have been too much for the market now. Was it the weak stocks and weakening economy driving yield expectations lower? However, the bond market is still not...

The destruction of 'phantom wealth' via default has always been the only way to clear the financial system of unpayable debt burdens and extremes of rentier / wealth dominance. The notion that the...

Short-term yields rise on more aggressive rate hike expectations…The logical, first-order effect of the hotter-than-expected inflation report was that it drove up expectations for near-term...

The yield on the United States 10-Year Treasury note slipped below its 2-Year counterpart for the first time in 15 years.The yield on the benchmark 10-Treasury tumbled 10 points below the 2-year rate,...

As growth concerns clash with further tightening from the Fed, all popular measures of the US yield curve are inverting, except for one—the 10-year/3-month spread, which, although flattening...

While the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rallied sharply on July 6, the benchmark has declined materially from its 2022 highs. Moreover, with the USD Index marching to another new 2022 high, the...

Treasury bonds have been in a bear market for an incredible 27 months. One might think that’s enough, but I’m not so sure. Take a look at iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF...

By Steve VoulgaridisUnited States 10-year yield is pulling back after testing twice the 3.5% area but the move to the D/S is unfolding in a corrective manner for now (descending channel). 3% is the...

Not coincidentally, the 10-year US bond yield is testing the post-pandemic waters, comfortably above the 3% threshold and without visible strength to retreat. Original Post

Investors in US Treasuries face a dilemma as they are caught between an economy that seems very strong but faces challenges from soaring inflation and Federal Reserve rate hikes to cut it off and keep...

Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, who heads the so-called Eurogroup of EU finance ministers, felt obliged this week to reassure bond market investors that the eurozone does not face another debt...