Sentences with phrase «record low yields»

Many of the rates on the Treasury curve are record low yields as far as I can tell.

This is not surprising given record low yields on Treasury bonds.

Sharebroker Charlie Aitken is taking a more upbeat view on the major Australian banks, saying the sector's high dividends makes it a good bet in an environment of record low yields.

After hitting a record low yield of -0.23 % on July 8, 2016, the S&P Japan Government Bond Index rebounded following a modest stimulus announcement later that month.

Not exact matches

Now the mining sector offers attractive yields at a time when interest rates are at record lows.

Rising prices have pushed yields for the best buildings in the City of London financial district to a record low of 4 percent as the appetite for long - term income grows.

Meanwhile government bond yields, a reliable barometer of market fear, are falling to record low levels as investors engage in a panicked hunt for risk - free assets.

While New Zealand's official cash rate is already at a record - low 2 % after the latest cut in August, it is still the highest in the developed world — a major draw for yield - hungry investors and a complication for the central bank as a higher kiwi further dampens imported - led inflation.

Sterling fell 1 % against the dollar following the announcement, while British government bond yields hit record lows and the main share index rose by 1 %.

The expectations for a «bazooka» new stimulus from the ECB are also manifested in the record low Eurozone bond yields.

Rates on government bonds in Germany and Switzerland fell further into negative territory after Brexit, while yields on 10 - year Treasuries dropped below 1.5 % and touched record lows.

Yields in the $ 14 trillion market for U.S. government debt touched record lows in 2016, driven by years of aggressive central bank intervention in the wake of the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis to keep interest rates low to stimulate the economy.

Apprehension has also grown in recent months about the negative impact of record - low yields on the solvency of pension funds and life insurers and how this in turn could undermine financial stability, demand, and the very goals QE aims to achieve.

Record - low yields obtained from QE are suspected to have an impact on the solvency of pension funds and life insurers, potentially undermining demand in the currency area and thus provoking a counter-productive effect on growth and inflation.

The elder Buffett has shunned bonds in recent years, saying that near record - low yields aren't enough to compensate for the risk of inflation.

Some analysts are even forecasting mortgage rates — which tend to track 10 - year Treasury yields — to sink to record lows in the coming weeks.

Central bank bond - buying programs — or quantitative easing — have been the key factor driving yields to record lows.

Last Friday, the yield on the 10 - year Treasury fell to as low as 1.385 percent, an all - time record.

(And with nominal yields close to record lows, the same could be said for corporate bonds.)

With market volatility hitting multi-decade lows, junk bond yields also at record lows, the median price / revenue ratio of S&P 500 constituents at a record high well - beyond 2000 levels, and the most strenuously overvalued, overbought, overbullish syndromes we define, I'm increasingly concerned about the potential for an abrupt «air pocket» in the prices of risky assets that could attend even a modest upward shift in risk premiums.

«With yields already at or near record lows, can the Fed really do much more?

In fact, the yield on the 10 - yr — 1.367 % yesterday — is the lowest on record....

The latest trend started in July when bond yields bottomed at record lows.

They became the key income source as low growth and excess global savings helped push bond yields to record lows.

: With record low interest rates, many investors are looking for defensive strategies that also have the potential to produce yield.

For the most part, investors cite the market's four - year climb off its 2009 lows and the Dow's record closing to the Federal Reserve's aggressive and unprecedented monetary stimulus measures, which have helped push equities higher by driving down yields in safe - haven assets.

With interest rates in the United States at record lows and rates in other developed markets increasingly in negative territory, investors may want to look beyond traditional markets in search of yield.

But long - term government bond yields fell to record lows for many euro area countries after a speech by ECB President Draghi on 21 November, which stressed that the ECB will do what is required to raise inflation and inflation expectation by adjusting the size, pace and composition of asset purchases, if the currently announced policies prove to be insufficient.

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Yet, bond investors have only piled on more risk, from record growth in high - risk, covenant - lite loans to leveraged - loan funds holding billions in collateral in over-indebted retailers to sustained lows in junk bond yields.

The current low interest rate environment globally has pushed the majority of fixed income securities to record - low yield levels across the board.

The threat caused bond yields to drop to record lows on Monday before holding steady on Tuesday.

This recent instability comes as yields have jumped from July record lows and investors have become concerned about the implications of higher bond yields for equity valuations.

Global bond yields have climbed to 1.58 percent from a record low 1.07 percent in July, according to the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index.

In contrast to yields on nominal bonds, yields on inflation - linked bonds have for the past six months remained close to their lowest recorded levels.

Bond yields in Japan fell to 1.125 per cent, equal to the lowest recorded by historians in the past 4,000 years, and well below the level of 1.75 per cent reached by US bonds in the Great Depression (Graph 2).

Still reeling from the effects of Britain's decision to leave the European Union, global investors showed increased demand for the safe haven of U.S. Treasuries, resulting in the 10 - year U.S. Treasury yield hitting a record low on July 6th.

Investors seeking income amid record low bond yields have flocked to stocks with consistent cash return in recent years.

This was the case in April 2015, when German yields started bouncing back from record lows.

Debt will be partly reduced by record low bond yields — allowing Osborne to argue that by sticking with the programme we win market confidence and can afford to direct more money to schools and hospitals.

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One weekend afternoon segment of the drive yielded over 88 mpg, while the lowest was recorded at night during a thunderstorm (about 70 mpg).

They became the key income source as low growth and excess global savings helped push bond yields to record lows.

(Note: The 10 - year yield hit its record low of 1.36 % in July of 2016.)

How rare is it for the S&P 500 to register a record high - water mark as the 10 - year yield is logging a never - before - seen low point?

Here in 2016, the S&P 500 may close at a record high above 2130 at the same time that the 10 - year yield closes at a record low beneath 1.36 %.

Granted, one may choose to explain record lows for U.S. Treasury yields as a function of foreign investor demand.

Fear and uncertainty about the global economy are leading investors to embrace the relative safety of U.S. government debt and slashing yields to record lows.

What makes the record - low Treasury yield something of an oddity is that the U.S. economy — the world's largest — still looks relatively sturdy, far more so than most other major economies.