Sentences with phrase «were safe haven bonds»

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There were also safe - haven capital flows into the US dollar and the yen, as well as into government bonds in the United States and Germany.

Bond yields are down slightly, credit spreads have remained well behaved while widening subtly, and there has been limited flight to traditional perceived safe havens like the U.S. dollar or gold.

That could mean investors are moving money out of stocks and into bonds in anticipation of disappointing earnings; or that foreigners who are worried about their own economies are looking for a safer haven in the U.S.; or that expectations of future inflation have declined, allowing long - term interest rates to come down a little.

U.S. sovereign bond prices were higher Tuesday, after being closed Monday for the July 4 holiday, resuming a strong «safe - haven» bid as global equities fell lower.

Are precious metals effective safe havens, preserving capital when stocks and bonds crash?

, Sile Li and Brian Lucey assess whether four precious metals (gold, silver, platinum and palladium) are safe havens relative to stock market indexes and 10 - year government bonds across 11 countries.

The theory is that when investors dump risky stocks, they flee to the safe haven of bonds.

While so - called «safe haven» bonds and gold are beneficiaries, particularly if growth expectations continue to moderate, there will also be relative winners and losers within equity markets.

Yes, foreign money had flooded into U.S. Treasury bonds as a «safe haven,» but it was obvious that that «hot money» would flood out again as soon as it found something better to invest in — which it did, in the 2009 - 10 gold - and - commodities bubble.

Gold is always considered as a safe haven by investors when compared to other investments like stocks, bonds, and currencies.

The uncertainty surrounding Greece has sparked a bout of safe - haven buying, pushing more investors toward U.S. government - backed bonds which are generally considered among the safest asset classes in the world.

This extends muni bonds» multi-month-long streak in net inflows — already one of the longest in U.S. history — proving that in a world of low government bond yields and macroeconomic uncertainty, munis continue to be sought as a «safe haven» for their relatively low volatility, modest gains and, of course, tax - free income.

But in the last few episodes of sharp stock market drops, bonds went up (US government bonds are a safe haven asset and appreciate in crisis periods) so the only thing better than 3 months worth of expenses in a money market fund is having 3 + x months worth of expenses in the bond portfolio due to higher bond yields and negative correlation between bonds and stocks.

Somehow these bonds are considered a «safe haven.»

Domino # 3: Another «safe haven» and the ultimate «no risk» investment, United States Treasury bonds are starting to wobble and could become the third domino to fall.

The bull run is supported by the perceived safe - haven qualities of U.S. bonds, especially in the current weak patch in global growth and the crisis in Europe that is culminating in the degrading of sovereign bonds.

Issuance of investment - grade corporate bonds picked up in early March in a receptive market, as investors sought higher yields than were available on safe - haven Treasury bonds.

Are other precious metals more effective than gold as safe havens from turmoil in stock and bond markets?

High - yielding «bond proxy» stocks earned their stripes as equity safe havens for much of the bull - market period, as bond yields were slow to revert back to pre-crisis levels.

Psychologist Sue Johnson, a pioneer in applying Bowlby's attachment theory to couples» therapy, posits, «The relationship between God and people of faith can be understood as an attachment bond, in which God is a safe haven, a secure base, and the ultimate source of comfort and care.»

BAUCIS looking for PHILEMON I am looking for my mindmate and companion to grow old together in a serious, close, bonded, exclusive, committed relationship, as a shared and reciprocal safe haven.

High - yielding «bond proxy» stocks earned their stripes as equity safe havens for much of the bull - market period, as bond yields were slow to revert back to pre-crisis levels.

But Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential race raises more questions than confidence — which was reflected in the greenback's dip early this morning while safe - haven sovereign bonds and gold shot higher.

That's not desirable because the bond portion of one's portfolio needs to provide safe haven in times of distress.

The uncertainty surrounding Greece has sparked a bout of safe - haven buying, pushing more investors toward U.S. government - backed bonds which are generally considered among the safest asset classes in the world.

For Europe, of course, the problem is not only recession risk but the high level of debt to GDP, and rising funding costs and default risk reflected in European government bonds (outside of Germany, which is seen as the safe haven).

Bonds did remarkably well over the last decade and they're seen as safer havens than stocks, particularly government bBonds did remarkably well over the last decade and they're seen as safer havens than stocks, particularly government bondsbonds.

Fed officials also believe that some better - than - expected economic data recently has encouraged investors to believe there is less need for the safe - haven of government bonds and more risk of inflation.

Do rising U.S. Treasury yields and a steepening yield curve suggest an economic recovery is more certain, meaning less need for safe haven government bonds and a healthy demand for credit?

They were even tougher on me when I mentioned the possibility of picking up safer havens like intermediate treasuries via iShares 7 - 10 Year Treasury Bond (IEF) and intermediate - to - long duration municipal bonds via BlackRock Muni Assets Fund (MUA).

My personal opinion is that you should keep contributing to your retirement plans as you always have if and when volatility hits, but you may want to reroute all your new contributions to taxable accounts into safer havens — perhaps into online banks, certificates of deposit, bonds, and tax exempt mutual funds.

Second, as mortgage foreclosures and writeoffs predictably increase in the coming quarters, we are likely to observe a fresh demand for Treasury bonds as a safe - haven because of their lack of default risk.

The bull run is supported by the perceived safe - haven qualities of U.S. bonds, especially in the current weak patch in global growth and the crisis in Europe that is culminating in the degrading of sovereign bonds.

The ONLY safe haven was U.S. Treasury bonds.

The yield on the two - year Treasury dropped 0.28 percentage points, the most since 2008, signalling investors were driving prices up as they rushed to buy the safe - haven asset (bond yields and prices move inverse to each other.

That's where the 10 - year Treasury bond is, thanks to its status as a safe haven for investors around the world.

Bonds have had an average annual return greater than 7 %, and they have been a safe haven during times of crisis.

And then he pushed me to be 100 % invested in the market - related mutual funds during this huge downturn (rather than, say, directing at least some of the funds to a safe haven like money market fund or bond fund or whatever).

A solid strategy should consider a wide range of bond funds, so you'll know which funds are doing well now and you'll be able to find safe havens in more challenging markets.

Government bonds are overvalued now because they are viewed as «safe haven» and because of fear of risk.

Another important takeaway from the Callan table is the value of holding a portion of your nest egg in a safe haven like investment - grade bonds (as opposed to high - yield, or junk, bonds, which are more volatile and tend to move more in synch with stocks than bonds).

However, I'm not clear as to what bonds might work as vehicles in a permanent portfolio, because T bonds are no longer a reliable safe haven from eventual political default.

Whether you swear by gold, real estate, cash, bonds, reverse index funds or even dividend - paying stocks, the lesson of this gold crash is that no one asset class can be considered a safe haven.

Its value is typically inversely correlated to the rest of the market as a whole, because its status as a material, durable store of value makes it a preferred «safe haven» to move money into in times of economic downturn, when stock prices, bond yields and similar investments are losing value.

We are in a BUBBLE of perceived «SAFE» Haven assets (think 30 years bonds at sub - 2.5 % or two year bonds at 0.003 %)

We expect a number of «safe haven» assets to be boosted by the UK referendum result in the short term, including the Swiss franc, the US dollar, Japanese yen, gold and core government bonds.

Like stocks and commodities, cryptocurrencies are highly speculative and risky assets, while investors always rush towards safe - haven assets such as gold and bonds during the period of high volatility.

On the other hand, there are safe haven assets like US treasury bonds that could potentially work, because they appreciate in value during economic downturns.

After all, traders are feeling less hungry for risk, putting their funds in safe - haven assets like the dollar and bonds instead.

We now know that this strong bond creates for a child, what is known to attachment theorists and therapists, a «safe haven.»