Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Investors headed for the hills Monday, dumping stocks and pouring into government bonds, pushing down yields on benchmarks to levels not seen in months. Are they on to something?Commentators...

Analysts are going through contortions to explain how Treasury yields plunged last week, puncturing all the scenarios of robust economic growth, high inflation—and rising yields.Many...

Investors in U.S. Treasuries are shrugging off inflation worries and keeping yields well-contained. They seem to accept the argument from Federal Reserve policymakers that the recent increase in...

Investors and traders have been closely tracking bond yields this year. This is because, in March 2021, the yield of 10-2 Year Treasury Yield Spread moved to 1.74%, a level it hadn’t matched...

Investors left no doubt in anyone’s mind that they like bonds from the European Union as they ordered €142 billion of the first bonds in the pandemic recovery program, prompting the banks...

Greece joined the club of eurozone countries sporting negative bond yields as its five-year bond dipped below zero on Monday. It is hardly an exclusive club—Italy is now the only eurozone...

Government bonds seem to have entered the summer doldrums as yields in the U.S., Europe, and Japan stay in a narrow range. A meeting this week of the European Central Bank governing council and next...

Bond investors have been fixated on the amount of the Federal Reserve’s asset purchases and the possible impact of the Fed reducing those purchases, removing a price support and perhaps causing...

U.S. Treasuries have traded in a narrow range over the past week despite harrowing inflation data that should give investors pause. Is this the calm before the storm?There was a considerable...

German media started to speculate last week that the negative-interest phase in government bonds might be reaching an end as optimism about vaccines and an economic rebound have prompted investors to...

U.S. Treasuries appear to be treading water. That's keeping yields on the 10-year benchmark at about 1.60% despite the usual fluctuations.Investors have priced in robust economic news, but a bullish...

Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury are in a holding pattern after receding from highs last month as investors await the first clue as to how fast the U.S. economy is growing when GDP for the...

The sanctions imposed by the U.S. against Russia last week included barring American financial institutions from buying ruble-denominated debt at auction, and Russian sovereign bond yields accordingly...

Everyone agrees investors will be paying close attention to the March consumer price index release from the U.S. Labor Department today [Tuesday]. What analysts don’t agree on—because they...