I'm not trying to dismiss people's
concerns over bonds.
I'm not trying to dismiss people's
concerns over bonds.
The Minority in Parliament raised serious
concerns over the bond which they claimed was shrouded in secrecy and moved a motion to invite the Minister to come and explain the bond.
Not exact matches
The dollar has rallied through much of the past week as
concerns over the U.S. - China trade dispute receded, and as the U.S. 10 - year
bond yield shot past 3 percent for the first time in four years.
«If you have
concerns stemming from the macro environment and that causes risk to come out of the
bond market, then that may spill
over to the equity markets,» he says.
«If they do target aggressively the 2 percent inflation target, and undertake a significant amount of QE, that may have an impact on underlying JGB (Japanese government
bond) yields as investors become
concerned over Japan's debt,» he said.
U.S.
bonds rose on
concerns over Donald Trump's ability to deliver on key campaign pledges such as tax cuts and infrastructure investment.
Concerns over the French presidential election seemed to have eased slightly on Monday with the yields on the 10 - year French
bond falling.
China may witness its first local government
bond defaults, although the timing was uncertain, Fitch Ratings said in a press release issued on Sunday, amid persistent
concerns over high debt levels in the world second largest economy.
Investor
concerns over inflation was reflected in Lipper funds data on Thursday, which showed U.S. - based inflation - protected
bond funds attracted $ 859 million
over the weekly period, the largest inflows since November 2016.
Concern remained
over higher
bond yields after the yield on the U.S. 10 - year Treasury breached 3 percent level on Tuesday, making equities relatively less attractive.
Pacific Investment Management Co., which runs the world's biggest
bond fund, is forecasting that advanced economies will stall
over the next year as Europe slides into a recession, underscoring mounting investor
concern about the global economic outlook.
At present, investors have no reasonable incentive at all to «lock in» the prospective returns implied by current prices of stocks or long - term
bonds (though we suspect that 10 - year Treasuries may benefit
over a short horizon due to continued economic risks and still - unresolved debt
concerns in Europe, which has already entered an economic downturn).
Earlier optimism
over the European Central Bank's
bond buying program has waned and
concerns about Greece's debt has become a top
concern.
Corporate
bond spreads have moved lower
over the past six months to around five - year lows, suggesting that
concerns over credit quality are not hampering access to external funding.
On that occasion Australian
bond yields rose significantly more than those in the US, reflecting market
concerns that Australia would not be able to maintain control
over inflation in an environment of strong global expansion.
Yet the biggest driver of institutions» use of
bond ETFs is their
concern over liquidity, cited by 80 per cent of respondents in the Greenwich Associates study.
A
concern for this
bond would lead us back, in turn, to Kant's «fretting»
over the link between the moral law within and the starry heavens above.
We should be looking for ways to make our economy more family - friendly rather than getting our knickers in a wad
over same - sex spousal relationships if we are really
concerned about strengthening the emotional
bonds necessary to bind family members together so that the family may once again become the primary building block for a healthy society.
In their book, The Pleasure
Bond, William Masters and Virginia Johnson declare: «Total commitment, in which all sense of obligation is linked to mutual feelings of loving
concern, sustains a couple sexually
over the years....
New fathers sometimes feel
concerned over newborn
bonding since they feel removed from some of the physical
bonds shared by the mother and baby such as breastfeeding and pregnancy.
Responding to
concerns over the loss of open space, the Park District bought the property, funded by a tax increase in 2000 and an $ 11.5 million
bond sale in 2002.
Concerns had been raised especially by the Minority about the transparency of the $ 2.25 billion domestic
bond with some noting that the apparent secrecy
over the deal fueled the allegations of conflict of interest against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta.
Wall Street has generally been reluctant to buy up debt from charter schools, at least in part
over concerns that funding can fluctuate and that an authorizing agency could terminate an operating agreement without regard to the terms of a
bond.
Although recently rising prices for stocks, high - yield
bonds, commodities and other riskier assets would suggest otherwise, investors remain skittish
over the still unresolved and quite
concerning risks facing financial markets, such as the U.S. presidential election, the potentially prolonged post-Brexit renegotiations, Italian bank solvency and a slowing China.
According to Greenwich Associates, even with the relatively high adoption rates for
bond ETFs in Canada, continuing
concerns over liquidity in fixed income will likely continue to drive growth in future.
We still hold substantial allocations to both Portuguese
bonds and Indian «masala»
bonds, and we are
concerned over the economic situation in Australia - the housing market is stretched and consumption is subdued.
Concerns over the U.S. economy and developments in Ireland's
bond market have pushed two Canadian lenders to raise their mortgage rates.
Monetary Policy, Inflation and the Federal Deficit should cause you
concern over your savings and retirement accounts because a «
Bond Market Crash» will decimate your ability to retire for another decade.
We're not terribly
concerned about a general advance in
bond yields here, but even in the event of a secular increase in yields
over time, it would seem unlikely to be an uncorrected diagonal move.
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Asian stocks edged up on Thursday as robust corporate earnings helped Wall Street quell
concerns over a surge in U.S.
bond yields, while the dollar hovered near three - month highs against a basket of currencies.
JA: So, when you're looking at higher interest rates, or if the Fed increases interest rates
over the next year, so what would that potentially do to someone's
bond portfolio and what should they be
concerned about?
are expressing perplexity
over the market for
bonds, which is institutional and driven by accounting and regulatory
concerns (ALM, pension funding regs, risk charges on surplus for holding equities, marking investment grade
bonds at amortized cost rather than to market, etc.).
Their bumbling & procrastination
over the past 2 years is the primary reason for the crisis, with
bond investors» sheep - like behaviour a close second, as far as I'm
concerned.
Bond yields recovered a bit on Wednesday but resumed slumping on Thursday, thanks to continuing
concerns over Hurricane Irma and because of the ECB's comment about an implied future tightening move,
Concern over a slowdown in inflation has recently pushed
bond prices higher — and some
bond yields sharply lower.