Bloomberg: —
Bonds rallying most since 2009 mask apprehension.
Not exact matches
As
bond yields surged on Friday, high - yielding segments of the equity market such as utilities and REITs came under the
most pressure, which shows that it won't take much of a rise in yields to derail their
rally.
The government's 10 - year
bonds rose, pushing yields to their lowest level this year, while the benchmark BUX stock index
rallied the
most in six weeks.
Most analysts missed the great
bond rally of the last two years.
Sentiment in financial markets has continued to improve over the past three months, with
bond yields in
most major markets rising and equity markets
rallying further.
With this
most recent
rally, you would have gained much more had I invested you exclusively in very long term
bonds — long term U.S.
bond funds are up about 13 % YTD!
I prefer US
bonds because in times of crisis, they
rally most along with US dollar.
The Australian dollar has fallen to a new four month low as the US dollar
rallies against
most major currencies after US Treasury
bonds broke the three per cent mark.