Sentences with phrase «year government bonds getting»

Much of the volatility in stocks appears to be related to ten - year government bonds getting to around the 3 % level.

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Compare that with the 1.5 % they'd get from holding a 10 - year Government of Canada bond.

The interest rate on 10 - year bonds was 1.79 % at the end of 2014 — about half as much as the federal government had to offer to get investors to buy its debt a decade ago.

In addition, housing and the economy should get a lift from the plunge in 10 - year U.S. government bond yields to 3 %, and, if the economy needs it, a new round of quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve.

Investors famously shorted Japanese government bonds, or JGBs, a few years ago but got burned; the bearish trade was dubbed the «widow - maker.»

You can buy a Swiss government 10 - year bond and get LESS money back at the end of ten years.

They can get over 4 % fixed from 10 - year UK government bonds — a huge spread over short - term rates, but still not very attractive compared to 3.25 % from the FTSE 100, given that dividend income should rise over time.

He said changes in government bond yields, worsened by Brexit, meant «20 years of investment return is missing that we've got to try to make up from employers».

But while you could get 5 % on bonds a decade ago, the current yield on 10 - year Government of Canada bonds is about half that today.

Usually on a fixed - coupon bond (e.g. Government bond) the interest rate is fixed for a given period (say 10 years), and if market rates rise the face value of the bond falls, to compensate for the lower return a new buyer would get, compared to the market interest rate.