Sentences with phrase «week as the bond»

So much for limited losses last week as the Bond took out my lower weekly boundary projection (148-12/10).

Mortgage rates have drifted down in recent weeks as bond yields on 10 - year Treasury notes have fallen.

Not exact matches

LONDON, May 1 (Reuters)- The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will flag more interest rate hikes this week.

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.

NEW YORK, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and U.S. bond yields inched higher again on Tuesday as the recent rise in oil prices fueled expectations the Federal Reserve could flag more interest rate hikes at its policy meeting this week.

The credit spread between the two decreased to 2.74 %, a new 15 month low (using last week's corporate bonds as the comparison).

The Greek government seems ready to tap the bond markets again as early as next week, a source close to the situation told CNBC on Tuesday, which would mark the first time since 2014 that the country has borrowed from the capital markets.

Global bonds went on a wild rollercoaster ride last week, with the price swings being particularly abrupt in the U.S. and German markets, which have long been viewed as the safest and most liquid in the world.

The bond market sell - off since late last week stemmed from inflation worries caused by rising commodity prices and growing Treasury supply, as well as bets the Federal Reserve would further raise key borrowing costs, analysts said.

All companies approved for a loan through Bond Street are guaranteed to receive their capital within less than one week, as opposed to the weeks or months they'd typically have to wait by going to a traditional bank.

Exchange - traded funds that track high - yield bond indexes have been the beneficiaries of a cash surge in recent weeks as market participants figure the central bank probably won't raise rates in 2015, and it could be well into 2016 before anything happens.

The «Futures Now» team discusses the rise in bonds as the Fed looks more likely to raise rates in two weeks.

Hopefully fixed - income investors enjoyed the placidity while it lasted, because that all changed this past week, as corporate bonds became mired in a selloff of their own.

Its market share is shrinking, the company lowered its earnings guidance last week, and investors are treating its bonds as though they had junk status.

With the bond and stock markets taking some losses on mixed signals from monetary policy makers, what are you most wary of as an investor this week?

As I've said that the 10 yr bond crossed over 3.0 % means the US$ will be going to be weaker and weaker further and further by the 1st half of 2020 yr:) Also, the commodity price esp WTI will be going up to the level of 70 - 80 $ no later than 1st half of May (at the earliest), or no later than 2nd week of June, and then it will be in the range to the end of Trump Era:)

«Markets adjusted expectations last week as attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act stalled and bond yields declined.

After a blowout 2014 when long bonds were up nearly 30 %, they're up another 3 % in the first week of the new year as interest rates continue to drop.

The trend continued Wednesday with a decline of as much as 9.7 per cent, the biggest drop since June 2016, to $ 252.10 U.S.. Its unsecured bonds have also hit all - time lows ahead of the release of first - quarter production results expected next week.

High - yield bond funds have seen mass outflows in recent weeks as investors begin to take the threat of higher interest rates and a winding down of monetary stimulus more seriously.

U.S. bonds have been rallying for several months, but that came to an abrupt end last week as the yield on the 10 - year U.S. Treasury bond rose to 1.95 % while two - year yields surged from 0.49 % to nearly 0.65 %.

• The $ 702 million worth of bonds that WeWork sold last week have dropped in price to as low as 95.25 cents on the dollar, which may make future borrowing harder.

In bonds, the fear about Depression gripping the markets had a striking result last week, as investors priced inflation - protected bonds as if the rate of inflation would be essentially zero for the next 5 years or more.

Interest rates hold steady as Fed begins to sell bonds The Federal Reserve's policy of so - called quantitative easing is coming to an end as the Fed announced this week it will begin selling the bonds acquired in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

Originally scheduled for this week, the bond sale will be for a lower amount, $ 40 million as...

-- Emerging market bonds are in a rout as investors yanked $ 2.5 billion from emerging market bond funds last week.

As noted earlier, arbitrageurs obtain a twofold gain: the margin between Brazil's nearly 12 % yield on its long - term government bonds and the cost of U.S. credit (1 %), plus the foreign - exchange gain resulting from the fact that the outflow from dollars into reals has pushed up the real's exchange rate some 30 % — from R$ 2.50 at the start of 2009 to $ 1.75 last week.

For the 48th straight week as of August 31, muni bond funds, excluding ETFs, attracted net new money — a spectacular run, according to Investment Company Institute (ICI) data.

Whether China responded to the trade spat by adjusting its Treasury holdings in March remains to be seen, although demand for US bonds has strengthened in recent weeks as global markets adopted a more cautious stance.

Retail investors turned net redeemers from Emerging Markets Bond Funds going into the final week of April, and Frontier Markets Bond Funds posted their first outflow since mid-December as fears of a more rapid pace for U.S. interest rate hikes cooled appetites for this asset class.

Toronto - Dominion Bank has lifted its posted rate for five - year fixed mortgages by 45 basis points to 5.59 percent as government bond yields touched their highest levels since 2011 this week.

The risk - off relationship between bonds and equities was restored last week as the market fled to safety.

Premiums on South Korean foreign exchange stabilisation bonds, a key barometer of sovereign risk, jumped to an 18 - month high this week as tensions between Pyongyang and Washington rose following ballistic missile tests by North Korea.

As I emphasized last week, «While we're already observing cracks in market internals in the form of breakdowns in small cap stocks, high yield bond prices, market breadth, and other areas, it's not clear yet whether the risk preferences of investors have shifted durably.

New Zealand government bonds closed Tuesday session on a mixed note as investors awaited first quarter employment report and GlobalDairyTrade price auction ahead of the next week's RBNZ monetary policy decision.

But in the past three weeks, as bonds began to sell off following the U.S. presidential election, it's clear to see the change in trend, as the chart below shows:

In addition, short interest as a percentage of shares outstanding in the $ 31.5 billion iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF stood at more than 8 % as of last week, the highest since 2010.

As you are all no doubt aware, there has been quite a lot of discussion in recent weeks about the mortgage insurance and bond insurance sector.

The yield on the 10 - year US Treasury bond fell 2.9 % this week to 2.34 %, as of early Friday morning.

As I write in my weekly commentary, last week's continued advance for stocks means they are now ahead of bonds for the year.

Gold suffered a sharp fall this week as better - than - expected U.S. economic data raised the possibility that the Federal Reserve may start scaling back its $ 85 - billion - per - month bond - buying program earlier than anticipated.

The size of the package, the open - ended nature of the commitment and the willingness to purchase longer dated bonds all came as positive surprises to investors, driving this past week's strong equity rally.

While I don't see much value in long - dated bonds, in recent weeks they have reasserted their historic role as an equity hedge.

This theme is central to how we suggest positioning portfolios for the coming year, including our preference for value shares over bond proxies, as this week's chart helps explain.

The panel cited as one reason the U.S. Federal Reserve's signal last week that it may start scaling back the monthly bond purchasing program known as quantitative easing.

Early in the week, the markets had punished the BONDS and EQUITIES as the FOMC MINUTES caused the purveyors of QE3 as a SURE THING to stop, look and listen.

As we pointed out in our post last week, a withdrawal rate strategy should respond to market factors like equity valuations and bond yields as well as personal factors like age, retirement horizon, and expectations about pension and Social Security benefitAs we pointed out in our post last week, a withdrawal rate strategy should respond to market factors like equity valuations and bond yields as well as personal factors like age, retirement horizon, and expectations about pension and Social Security benefitas well as personal factors like age, retirement horizon, and expectations about pension and Social Security benefitas personal factors like age, retirement horizon, and expectations about pension and Social Security benefits.

A tough week for the Gold market so far as the dollar has rebounded and US Bond yields have jumped higher ahead of the FOMC minutes.

For more than a week, the US dollar has risen sharply as US government bond yields have surged — with the benchmark 10 - Year Treasury yield briefly...

This week's chart shows how U.S. dividend stocks have outperformed the S&P 500 over the past year, a trend we have also seen in other regions, as ultralow bond yields have intensified the hunt for income.