In normal times, stocks and bonds are negatively correlated—that is when stock prices tank, bond prices rise (and yields, which move inversely to prices, go down). The idea is that...
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde roiled government bond markets big time when she said last week that eurozone policymakers can no longer exclude a rate hike this...
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...
What a difference a decade makes. Portuguese government 10-year bonds are heading for a yield of 0%, compared to 16% at the height of the eurozone debt crisis in 2012 and 4% as...
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$...
By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. The U.S. dollar remains under pressure despite its modest gains versus the euro and Japanese yen. USD/JPY...
By comparing levels of yield on government benchmark bonds across countries, and in the same country over time points, we gain information about the pattern of variation in...
By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. We know that when Chinese markets are open they can wreck havoc on currencies and equities. But when they...