Treasuries, Dollar 'Only Game in Town' as China Buys
Bloomberg Bond investors have driven up the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which helps set rates on everything from mortgages to corporate bonds to as high as 3.75 percent last week from the record low of 2.035 percent in December. … Market Week Wrap-up |
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Treasuries, Dollar 'Only Game in Town' as China Buys - Bloomberg
Fed Mortgage Efforts Prove Costly - Wall Street Journal
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Fed Mortgage Efforts Prove Costly
Wall Street Journal In addition to spending at a rapid clip, the Fed is confronting stronger resistance in the bond markets that set consumer rates as investors worry about inflation, the US budget deficit and the practice of buying debt to stimulate the economy and keep … Federal Reserve puzzled by US yield curve steepening Mortgage rates jump in Ohio Long-term yields fall again as Treasurys recover |
Recovery rally may be racing too fast - Reuters
Recovery rally may be racing too fast
Reuters Last week, the price of oil soared to a six-month high, the US dollar fell to a five-month low and US government bonds went on a wild ride that at one point drove the gap between short- and long-term rates — known as the yield curve — to the widest … |
County gets top credit rating - Sumter Item
County gets top credit rating
Sumter Item, SC That leaves a cushion of about $6 million that can go toward items like the interest on bond rates and other administrative costs. The collection of the tax will stop after seven years whether or not that amount is collected. … |
Jittery Bond Market Threatens President's Agenda - Wall Street Journal
Jittery Bond Market Threatens President's Agenda
Wall Street Journal The recovery isn't as established and business investment isn't being held back by interest rates, they said. But they acknowledged history could repeat itself. "Clearly, the message from the bond market increasingly is [that] structural deficits as … Bond Vigilantes Undercut Gov |
Fitch rates Boca Raton non ad valorem bonds AA+ - Bizjournals.com
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Fitch rates Boca Raton non ad valorem bonds AA+
Bizjournals.com, NC Fitch Ratings has assigned an AA+ rating to Boca Raton's about $11.2 million in non ad valorem revenue bonds, series 2009. The bonds are scheduled to sell competitively on June 9, with proceeds being used to refund the outstanding non ad valorem … Fitch Rates Kalamazoo, Michigan's $4.6MM LTGO Capital Improvement … Fitch Rates Miami-Dade County, Florida $225MM Prof. Sports … Fitch Rates Maryland DOT's $45MM County Transportation Bonds 'AA' |
Fixed-rate bonds pull in savers with offers of 4% - Financial Times
Fixed-rate bonds pull in savers with offers of 4%
Financial Times, UK By Steve Lodge Savers are turning to fixed-rate bonds paying up to 4.5 per cent as one of the few ways to earn a decent cash return at a time when most variable-rate accounts are offering less than 1 per cent. Fixed-rate bonds are now the most popular … |
Selling Continues In US Government Bond Mkt; 10-Yr Hits 3.76% - Wall Street Journal
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Selling Continues In US Government Bond Mkt; 10-Yr Hits 3.76%
Wall Street Journal Treasury yields have climbed the last few days as mortgage investors have offloaded Treasurys to hedge against rising rates. Equities Thursday were also up, weighing on bonds. "I don't think we're quite out of the woods yet" regarding Treasury selling … Video: May 27: Treasury Bond Prices Send Stocks Lower US STOCKS-Wall St falls as rising bond yields worry investors Slumping Treasury bond prices send stocks lower |
The Death of Bonds? - Motley Fool
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The Death of Bonds?
Motley Fool After reaching low yields late last year around 2.5%, rates on 30-year Treasury bonds have skyrocketed in the first five months of 2009. On Wednesday, the long bond closed with a yield of about 4.6%, the highest since last summer. When bond yields rise … Treasury prices rebound Bond Vigilantes Confront Obama as Housing Falters Looking for Yield in All the Safe Places |
Asian Stocks Drop as Rising Bond Yields Damp Growth Optimism - Bloomberg
Asian Stocks Drop as Rising Bond Yields Damp Growth Optimism
Bloomberg By Jonathan Burgos and Shani Raja May 28 (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks fell the most in two weeks, led by banks and health-care companies, as government bond yields at the highest level in almost six months sparked concern companies face higher costs to … |
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