Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Investors are still dithering about what to do with US Treasuries as yields on the benchmark 10-year note bounce around 1.7%, dipping below that mark on Friday and topping it on Monday. Federal...

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, bailed out the U.S. Federal Reserve by pushing out his own central bank chief without putting a parachute on the country’s currency. The Turkish...

Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note remained above 1.6% on Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve policy meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, as more analysts look for the pivotal yield to hit...

Investors moved into uncharted waters as yields on 10-year Treasuries, which continued to rise, indicated some skepticism about the Federal Reserve’s insistence it will maintain monetary...

After a blistering rise in yields last week, US Treasuries on Monday calmed down. Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note receded to about 1.43% from nearly 1.46% at Friday's close after spiking...

Investors are facing a couple of quandaries triggered by the rise in government bond yields. The move is putting pressure on them to look for answers.Quandary No. 1: The prospect of a robust economic...

Yields on U.S. Treasuries surged early Monday as expectations of a large fiscal stimulus grew, with the 30-year bond yield briefly topping 2%, but yields retreated from highs as the day went...

Government bonds are sending mixed messages as political currents roil investors. U.S. Treasury yields have been going up and down as new COVID-19 vaccines show positive results and GDP figures meet...

There has been some to-do among investors about the US 10-year breakeven rate—a market measure of inflation expectations—breaking above 2% and staying there for a few days. It has been...

Bond investors kept their eye on the ball as the prospect of a Democratic president and Democratic control of Congress makes further stimulus and other government spending a near-certainty.Markets...

Government bond investors are sensitive to political developments but this week has provided a surfeit of political convulsion rarely before seen. Nonetheless, markets took it in stride.The surprising...

The prospect of a substantial sale of EU bonds over the next few years is enlivening the European government bond market after the debut of SURE bonds in October was massively oversubscribed with...

After months of brinksmanship and the posturing that goes with it, Britain and the European Union seem to be getting serious about concluding a last-minute post-Brexit trade deal. Negotiators have...

The European Central Bank moves to center stage this week, after hinting that it will top up its pandemic emergency purchase program from the current €1.35 trillion. The resurgence of COVID-19 in...