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The bond market rout continues to deteriorate and cause growing pains for banks. Losses in long-maturity bonds are nearing historical levels after coming under severe pressure due to...
There are several indicators to watch when assessing risk across the financial markets, and today we discuss one of the more important ones. Junk bonds. When junk bonds are performing well and in...
Long-term Treasury yields climbed again this week at levels unseen since 2007 for the US 10-year note (up 14 basis points at 4.58%). By contrast, it’s worth noting that the 2-year Treasury...
A perfect storm may be brewing for the bond market as a combination of factors drives yields higher.Exhibit A is the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield, which rose again in yesterday’s trading to...
Fed's actions and projections remain disconnected from each other Powell needs to make bonds attractive in order to keep the US economy going ahead Meanwhile, a bearish steepening has made it even...
US Treasury yields rose again this week after the Federal Reserve signalled a higher-for-longer rate regime to get inflation down to its 2% target. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yield gained 11 basis...
When treasury bond yields are rising, bond prices are falling. It’s an inverse relationship.And so it makes sense that the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) has fallen sharply...
The collective wisdom of the bond market for much of this year has been betting that interest rates would soon peak and fall. But those bets appear to be unwinding in the wake of Wednesday’s...
Fixed-income investors looking for interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve are still waiting, but that hasn’t stopped low-rated bonds from posting strong gains in 2023.The upside performance...
In Our Elevator Pitch For Bonds, we asked: “Is this time different?” Our view of the attractiveness of bonds can be honed into an elevator pitch. It essentially boils down to a...
US Treasury yields rose again this week. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yield gained 6 basis points to 4.33%. Meanwhile, the two-year yields ended at 5.04%, a similar rise of 6 basis points.Same trend in...
The US 10-year Treasury yield continued to trend higher in August, rising further above CapitalSpectator.com’s “fair-value” estimate, which is based on averaging three...
Current yields continue to show signs of peaking, based on a broad review of the major asset classes via a set of proxy ETFs. In each of our periodic updates of yields so far this year, the numbers...
US Treasury yields rose again as the ISM Services PMI increased from 52.7 to 54.5 in August, exceeding the market's anticipated figure of 52.5. Fed policymakers consider the services sector crucial in...
Over the last few weeks, bond markets have been on the move: 30-Year Treasury yields have rapidly surged from below 4% to almost 4.50% catching many by surprise.Yet understanding why and what drives...