For example, U.S. 10 -
year Treasury yields closed in on 2.50 percent last week, roughly 50 basis points (0.50 percent) higher than their late April levels.
The 10 -
Year Treasury yield closed at 2.48 % on Jan. 27, 2017, representing an increase of nearly 103 bps from six months ago.
Not exact matches
Prior to some of the past recessions, the two -
year Treasury yield rose above the 10 -
year yield, although at the moment, the former is still below the 10 -
year note, but has recently moved
closer to it.
The 10 -
year U.S.
Treasury yield hurdled 3 percent last week and remains
close to that level, encouraging investors to buy the dollar.
The
yield on the benchmark 10 -
year Treasury note was up 3 basis points at 2.227 percent, after
closing at 2.201 in the previous session.
Markets around the globe are keeping a
close eye on the U.S. bond market after the
yield on the 10 -
year Treasury note topped 3 percent on Tuesday for the first time in several
years.
(The weekly SP 500 earnings update will be out early Sunday morning — the
close in the 10 -
year Treasury yield on Friday, April 20th, could...
He noted that the 10 -
year Treasury's current 2.26 percent
yield is very
close to the S&P 500's dividend
yield of 2.1 percent.
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But this week the 10 -
year Treasury lost roughly 1.4 points, which translated into a 15 basis point jump in its
yield to 2.84 % The long bond
closed over 3 %.
U.S. BOND
YIELDS: The
yield on the 10 -
year Treasury note drew
close to 3 percent on Monday, a milestone it has not reached since January 2014.
There are currently 26 dividend aristocrat stocks
yielding more than 10
year treasuries which
closed Thursday at 2.58 %.
Yields on the corresponding 30 -
year Treasury bond, meantime, are up
close to 3.20 %.
Yields on 10 -
year US
Treasuries rose
close to 2.4 % after the release of May nonfarm payroll figures in early June, compared with under 1.9 % at the beginning of May and 1.6 % in January.
Although US
Treasuries have been sliding since the beginning of the
year, the uncertainty and volatility that we have seen in the past few weeks have pushed
yields back down, forcing 10 -
year Treasuries to
close last week at 2.77 % — a level far away from the psychological 3 % level many have been waiting for.
Treasury yields leapt again yesterday at the long end, with the 10 -
year note climbing above 3.7 %, its highest
close since November.
While not exactly hitting the Federal Reserve's revered 2.0 % annual inflation target, it was apparently
close enough to create more jitters in the bond market, with the
yield on the U.S.
Treasury's benchmark 10 -
year note immediately climbing seven basis points to 2.91 %, its highest level in more than four
years.
The month of May
closed on a high note for bonds as the drop in
yields saw the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Index
closed at a
yield of 2.47 %.
Benchmark
Treasury yields fell
close to 2 %, their lowest level thus far this
year.
In case you hadn't noticed, the
yield on the benchmark 10 -
year U.S.
Treasury note is this
close to hitting the psychologically important 3 % level.
When we were at the height of North Korean tension, 10 -
year Treasuries were
close to 2 % in
yield.
That's why there's a
close (but far from perfect) relationship between
yields on 10 -
year Treasury bonds and rates on new fixed - rate mortgages (FRMs).
The
yield on benchmark 10 -
year Treasury notes rose to 2.9477 percent compared with its U.S.
close of 2.946 percent on Thursday.
If you sit back and ponder this situation for a minute, this helps to understand why mortgage interest rates aren't still shooting to the moon and why
Treasury yields have cooled during the past week or two, with the 10 -
year yield closing below 2.75 % last week.
US interest rates are higher again this week... short rates are at 10
year highs (2.45 % on the 2
year) while the 10
year Treasury yield is 2.94 %... very
close to 5
year highs.
Same goes for 10 -
year U.S.
treasuries, currently
yielding just
close to 2.4 per cent after the significant jump in recent months.
The 10 -
year Treasury yield also responded by increasing from its lows of 1.46 percent, moving up to 1.667 percent at markets
close.
Last week saw the
yield on the 10 -
year U.S. Treasury unchanged as the yield closed the week at a 2.59 % as measured by the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury In
year U.S.
Treasury unchanged as the
yield closed the week at a 2.59 % as measured by the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S. Treasury In
Year U.S.
Treasury Index.
This means the government is financing itself at
close to zero cost for its short term borrowing and, further out on the curve, the cost of financing does not go up by much; as the
yield - to - worst on the S&P / BGCantor 7 - 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Bond Index is now at 1.48 %.
The
yield - to - worst of the S&P / BGCantor Current 30 -
Year U.S.
Treasury Index
closed the month at 2.90 %, 17 bps tighter than at the beginning of the month, which was 3.06 %.
That's why there's a
close (but far from perfect) relationship between
yields on 10 -
year Treasury bonds and rates on new fixed - rate mortgages (FRMs).
The
yield of the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Bond Index started the week of March 9, 2015, at 2.20 % and continued lower,
closing the week at a 2.12 %.
Last week saw the
yield of the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Bond Index
close 1 basis point tighter than the 2.61 % that started its week.
In August the
yield of the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Index dropped by 23 basis points from 2.56 % to 2.33 % where it
closed out the month.
The
yield of the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Index
closed the half - day trading session for the Good Friday holiday (April 3, 2015) at 1.86 %.
Index A published interest rate against which lenders measure the difference between the current interest rate on an adjustable rate mortgage and that earned by other investments (such as one, three, and five
year U.S.
Treasury security
yields, the monthly average interest rate on loans
closed by savings and loan institutions, and the monthly average costs - of - funds incurred by savings and loans), which is then used to adjust the interest rate on an adjustable mortgage up or down.
The S&P / BGCantor 7 - 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Bond Index's
yield, which topped out at 2.47 % on July 5, was returning to its recent peaks,
closing at 2.43 %.
Closing out a short week before the U.S. fourth of July holiday, the
yield - to - worst of the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Index
closed at 2.38 % on Thursday, July 2, 2015.
Currently the 10 -
year Treasury is yielding 2.25 %, 2 basis points lower than Friday's close of 2.27 % for the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury In
year Treasury is
yielding 2.25 %, 2 basis points lower than Friday's
close of 2.27 % for the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S. Treasury In
Year U.S.
Treasury Index.
The ten
year Treasury note
closed with a
yield over 2.5 % this week, sparking talk that interest rates may have bottomed.
Treasuries sold off moving the 10 -
year yield to a 2.64 %, up from its Friday
close of 2.62 %.
The market
closed on 12/31/1996 at 741 while the 30 -
year US
treasury bond
yielded 6.65 %.
After starting last week at a
yield of 2.52 %, the
yield of the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Bond Index climbed to a high of 2.72 % to
close the index before the July 4th holiday.
Year - to - date the yield of the 10 - year as measured by the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index is 51 basis points lower closing on Friday at a 2.5
Year - to - date the
yield of the 10 -
year as measured by the S&P / BGCantor Current 10 Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index is 51 basis points lower closing on Friday at a 2.5
year as measured by the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index is 51 basis points lower closing on Friday at a 2.5
Year U.S.
Treasury Bond Index is 51 basis points lower
closing on Friday at a 2.52 %.
The ETFs used in the screen were EEM (emerging markets), EFA (EAFE Index), GLD (gold), HYG (high
yield bond), IEF (7 - 10
year treasury), SHY (short - term bond,
close ETF substitute for «cash»), SPY (S&P 500), TLT (20 +
year treasury bond), VBR (small - cap value), VNQ (REIT), XLE (energy sector), XLU (utility sector), and PCY (Emerging market bonds).
The
yield on the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Index
closed Friday 11 basis points lower at a 2.67 %.
The first week of August 2015 saw the
yield - to - worst of the S&P / BGCantor Current 10
Year U.S.
Treasury Bond Index
close almost flat, after moving 12 bps higher on the release of stronger Factory Orders and ADP Employment numbers.
This selling caused the
yield on the ten -
year Treasury to
close the week at 3.10 % — a seven -
year high.
In 2013, the S&P 500
closed at a record high at the same time that the 10 -
year U.S.
Treasury bond
yield closed at a record low.
The
yield on the 10 -
year Treasury note edged above 3.1 % this week, its highest
close since 2011.