Note from dshort: Friday we saw Treasury history in the making. Government bonds in the safe-haven countries around the world plunged -- in some cases to historic lows. Of the various US instruments ...
The Atlantic notes that 10-year Treasury bond yields have hit a 220-year low: One of these days, the bond vigilantes will show up. Friday was not that day though. Monday's not looking good either. The...
Fundamental NewsToday’s Highlights: GDP (QoQ) (CH, 6:45 GMT)German Retail Sales (MoM) (GER, 07:00 GMT)Nationwide HPI (MoM) (GB, 07:00 GMT)French Consumer Spending (MoM) (FRA, 07:45 GMT)ECB ...
Note from dshort: Financial turmoil in the Eurozone continues to take the spotlight in financial news. But an important sidebar is the sharp decline in Treasury yields. The 10-year note closed the day...
Fixed-income markets signaled a new level of fear on Wednesday with no solutions in sight for Spain and global growth slowing. The yen was the top performer while the Australian dollar lagged. The ...
Only a month ago, investors were OK with the world. The North American economy was strong and growing, unemployment was slowly coming down and corporate profits were at record levels. How quickly ...
The euro fell near its two-year low against the dollar on Tuesday on concerns about the cost of shoring up Spanish banking system pushed Spanish debt yields to around 6.5%. Pessimism over Greece is ...
As expected, the Latin quarter of the eurozone ganged up on Germany on the issue of eurobonds, but Angela Merkel stood fast. But Germany is becoming increasingly isolated. The WSJ report that ...
Would you pool your debt with a bunch of debt addicts that have no intention of reducing their wild spending habits? Of course you wouldn't. But that is exactly what Germany is being asked to ...
Click on the chart twice to enlarge.I’ve been looking for signs that 5 waves up had finished in 30-year Treasuries, and there are several technical clues that a potentially very significant top ...
Here is the Bear Pennant that is plaguing all of the equity indices, some individual stocks, many commodities and, of course, is a copy of the driving Bear Pennant in EURUSD. It is worth looking at ...
Remember the bond bubble? Like stocks, bonds are subject to irrational exuberance and are vulnerable to a crash any day now. Analysts have been warning that the end is near for several years. ...
The old joke says that if you owe the bank $1 million you have a problem, but if you owe the bank $1 billion, the bank has a problem. That is the situation in Europe in a nutshell. The highly indebted...
Note from dshort: The market selloff in recent days prompted me to update my Treasury yield data. The yield on the 10-year note hit an interim high of 2.39 on March 19. Today it closed at 1.76, which ...
Bunds:Bunds opened higher and didn't look back breaking resistance reaching 143.69. We saw a small pullback from this higher level, but we remain above support at 143.44. If we hold over this level we...
Putting aside the likely exit of Greece from the euro and the possible exit of Spain from the euro and the stresses this will cause on the currently forgotten woes of Italy and Portugal not to mention...
Since good ole operation Twist started, the Ten Year has remained in a tight range giving good buy and sell signals. Whenever TNX went above 2.10 the market sold off. Whenever the Ten Year yield ...
| SPX 500 Futures | 1,665.45 | -0.30 | -0.02% | |||
| NQ 100 Futures | 3,021.80 | +0.30 | +0.01% | |||
| US 30 | 15,387.00 | +52.30 | +0.34% | |||
| DAX | 8,471.00 | +16.37 | +0.19% | |||
| FTSE 100 | 6,803.30 | +48.24 | +0.71% | |||
| Japan 225 | 15,566.50 | +185.48 | +1.21% | |||
| US Dollar Index | 83.88 | -0.04 | -0.05% |
| Gold | 1,374.85 | -2.75 | -0.20% | |||
| Silver | 22.460 | +0.005 | +0.02% | |||
| Copper | 3.350 | +0.012 | +0.37% | |||
| Crude Oil | 95.66 | -0.52 | -0.54% | |||
| Natural Gas | 4.198 | +0.009 | +0.21% | |||
| US Cotton No.2 | 83.87 | -0.09 | -0.11% | |||
| US Coffee C | 132.73 | -3.12 | -2.30% |
| Euro Bund | 144.69 | -0.20 | -0.14% | |||
| Euro BTP | 116.29 | -0.17 | -0.15% | |||
| Euro BOBL | 126.426 | -0.130 | -0.10% | |||
| UK Gilt | 117.61 | +0.02 | +0.02% | |||
| US 2 YR T-Note | 110.27 | +0.01 | +0.01% | |||
| US 10 YR T-Note | 131.99 | -0.02 | -0.02% | |||
| US 30 YR T-Bond | 144.39 | +0.03 | +0.02% |
| Central Banks | Interest Rates | Next Meeting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FED | 0.00%-0.25% | Jun 19, 2013 | |||
| ECB | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| BOE | 0.50% | Jun 06, 2013 | |||
| SNB | 0.00% | Jun 20, 2013 | |||
| RBA | 2.75% | Jun 04, 2013 | |||
| BOC | 1.00% | May 29, 2013 | |||
| RBNZ | 2.50% | Jun 12, 2013 | |||
| BOJ | 0.10% | May 22, 2013 | |||
