Bloomberg Bond Trader
U.S. Yields at 2% Make Trader Wonder Where Animal Spirits Are
©2016 Bloomberg News O16C376JTSE8 (Bloomberg) — Treasury benchmark yields that fell to 2 percent this month are raising concern the U.S. economy is losing momentum. Yields have tumbled as a global stock-market rout, tumbling crude oil prices and falling inflation expectations combined to send money managers to the haven of
U.S. Real Yield Is Highest Since 2009 If CPI Forecasts Are Right
©2015 Bloomberg News NOOG9O6KLVR7 (Bloomberg) — The falling U.S. inflation rate is making the world’s biggest bond market more appealing. Consumer prices probably slid 0.2 percent in April from the year before, based on a Bloomberg survey of economists before the Labor Department reports the figures Friday. If right, it
Bloomberg Business: No Joke, U.S. Treasuries Tend to Rally in the Month of April
©2015 Bloomberg News NM3SNX6JIJV0 (Bloomberg) — Treasuries tend to rally in the month of April. U.S. government securities have advanced in the period every year from 2010 to 2014, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. One theory for the gain is that Japanese investors are buying as they begin their fiscal year
Bloomberg Business: Treasuries Losing Yield Advantage Over Group of Seven Peers
©2015 Bloomberg News NLQVJT6K50YF (Bloomberg) — U.S. government bonds are losing their advantage over their peers. Ten-year Treasuries yielded 1 percentage point more than the average for Group of Seven countries, with the premium dropping from 1.2 percentage points as recently as March 12. Treasuries rose and yields fell Tuesday
