Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Greece’s new issue of 10-year government bonds last week was more than five times oversubscribed, enabling the erstwhile sick man of Europe to raise €3 billion (US$ 3.4B) at a yield of 1.55...

Public health officials may have their worries about the risks still posed by the coronavirus pandemic, but bond investors are coming out of their lockdown in safe haven bonds—and they're ready...

This post was written exclusively for Investing.comYields are likely to remain low for the foreseeable future as the velocity of MZM Money Stock falls to its lowest level in modern times. The...

This post was written exclusively for Investing.comThe risk appetite among investors appears to be on the rise and that means yields may be on their way higher. Equity markets are climbing following...

Issuance of Green Bonds by Canadian-based and supranational organizations has reached $9.6 billion this year, surpassing the $7.2-billion mark of 2018 (see chart). While the governments of Ontario and...

If plunging yields rattled markets till now, hold on to your hat. The trading pattern on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note as well as intermarket analysis suggest there's another leg down ahead.In a...

Yields on the 10-year Treasury fell back beneath the key 2% level today as investors sought shelter on growing concerns over a pending recession. Why, then, did the S&P 500 Index just hit...

Treasury yields are falling. They've dropped below 2.3 overnight, to the lowest since 2017, as investor demand for safety surges.The current yield is the lowest since mid-October 2017, suggesting...

10-Year Treasury yields rose for the first time in more than a week today, up two basis points to 2.65 percent. The boost came as investors sold off Treasurys after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in an...

Two big things happened last Dec. 4. The first big thing: U.S. markets fell significantly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 700 points, or 3%, the NASDAQ lost almost 4% and the S&P somewhere...

European political uncertainty spiked volatility in sovereign bond markets and the euro Hawkish emerging market monetary policy attempts to alleviate local FX havoc and inflationary concerns Chances...

The gold-to-copper ratio represents an important barometer of global growth and historically tends to correlate well with bond yields (see the chart below). Gold is a precious metal and widely seen as...

Canadian bond yields were marginally down on Friday, July 14, 2017 with the 5-year note down by 1.24 percent at 1.519 and 10-year down by 0.63 percent at 1.898.Earlier this week Bank of Canada raised...

The spread between the 10-Year US Treasury bond yield and the federal funds rate is one of the 10 components of the Index of Leading Economic Indicators compiled monthly by the Conference Board. There...