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This second trend borne from ultra-loose monetary policy has forced many investors to seek out higher - yielding alternatives including dividend stocks, which, on average, yield more than 10 - year government bonds in most major developed markets, including Canada (see chart below).

I thought it was interesting that on September 5 — the day after the announcement — two - year government bonds in Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, France, Austria and Ireland all had negative yields.

Which explains why yields on two - year government bonds in Canada have surged in recent weeks and are now at about parity with the U.S.

The yields on 10 - year government bonds in Italy dropped to 1.56 percent and in Spain to 1.39 percent.

Not exact matches

It buys long - term government bonds, including those with durations longer than three years, in what is dubbed «rinban» market operations.

Under its current asset - buying and lending tool, the BOJ limits the duration of government bonds it buys to three years because it wants to push down the cost of borrowing for companies, many of whom work in three - year investment cycles.

Japanese government bonds skidded in their worst sell - off in more than three years, despite weaker stocks, accelerating a slide begun in the wake of last Friday's Bank of Japan easing steps that disappointed many investors.

He has implemented a massive stimulus policy by cutting the central bank's benchmark interest rate to negative, keeping the 10 - year Japanese government bond yield near 0 percent in an effort to control the yield curve and stepping up the Bank of Japan's asset purchases.

Tighter regulation on bond markets has crimped appetite for bonds in the region, he said, noting that subscriptions for three government bonds issued at the end of last year lagged expectations.

Poland's 10 - year government bond yield rose 7 basis points to 3.14 percent, its highest level in four weeks, rising more than U.S. and German yields which it often tracks.

«Over the last 15 years, the difference between the five year government bond yield and the overnight Bank of Canada rate has been a reliable indicator of the trend growth in the Canadian economy.

First, he believes that an investor in a low - cost S&P index fund who reinvests all dividends will do better — very likely substantially better — than an investor who buys a 17 - year government bond and reinvests all of his coupons in the same instrument.

The simplified explanation for this aberrant investing disaster was a dramatic rise in interest rates during the period: Rates on long - term government bonds went from 4 % at year - end 1964 to more than 15 % in 1981.

For instance, here is Germany's 5 - year government bond yield which is clearly pricing in much more demand ahead.

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 ReservIn 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 Reservin 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.

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.

This year's budget provides a sensitivity analysis for yields on 10 - year bonds; should interest rates fall in line with the BMO projections, the Ontario government will see estimated gains of $ 400 million next year alone.

Rising inflation expectations in recent months have been reflected in U.K. government bond (gilt) prices with the yield on 10 - year gilts touching its highest level since April this year at 1.509 percent in Monday's session.

Treasury yields edge lower on Thursday, with the 10 - year government bond hanging around its lowest level in about seven weeks

Progress in a few areas has been solid: slashing of bureaucratic red tape has led to a surge in new private businesses; full liberalization of interest rates seems likely following the introduction of bank deposit insurance in May; Rmb 2 trillion (US$ 325 billion) of local government debt is being sensibly restructured into long - term bonds; tighter environmental regulation and more stringent resource taxes have contributed to a surprising two - year decline in China's consumption of coal.

In March 2015, the China Financial Futures Exchange launched futures on the 10 - year government bond.

Indeed, the downturn in the US government - bond market at the end of 2016 and earlier this year benefited many fixed income arbitrage managers who were able to take advantage of the price decline in US Treasuries during those periods.

«Back in 2007, bond yields were 5 % on a 10 - year [government] bond,» Kaufman says.

European government bond and U.S. 10 - year Treasury yields are trading at their highest levels in more than two months and the U.S. 30 - year Treasury bond yield reached a high for the year on Tuesday.

If you bought long - term government bonds in 1940, forty years later, your dollar was worth $ 0.37, and you weren't made whole until 1991!

We assumed that in each period a 30 - year bond is issued at prevailing interest rates (long - term government bond plus 1 %) and that amount is invested for the next 30 years in a portfolio of large - cap stocks while paying off the bond as an amortized loan (as if it were a mortgage).

The image below shows the ten worst years for long - term government bonds, and how stocks performed in the same year.

The Direxion 30 - year Treasury Bull 3X ETF ($ TMF), an index that tracks the performance of long - term US government T - bonds, has been in a long - term uptrend since February of 2011, but has been in an intermediate - term downtrend (correction) off its highs since July of 2012.

The BOJ plans to remain active in the 10 - year sector and focus on keeping the rate of the 10 - year Japanese Government Bond at around zero.

The government's 10 - year bonds rose, pushing yields to their lowest level this year, while the benchmark BUX stock index rallied the most in six weeks.

the initial sale of U.S. debt obligations and new issues, offered and purchased directly from the U.S. government at a face value set at auction; these securities are auctioned in a single - priced, Dutch auction; auctions are held with the following frequencies: Treasury bills with one - month (30 day), three - month (90 day), and six - month (180 day) maturities are auctioned weekly; treasury notes with two - and five - year maturities are auctioned monthly; Notes with three - year maturities are auctioned in February, May, August, and November; treasury bonds with 10 - year maturities are auctioned in February, May, August, and November.

The government's elevated gross borrowing requirements estimated at around 17 % of GDP per year between 2017 and 2019 are mainly driven by sizeable maturing government bonds — in particular, local currency USD - indexed bonds — on top of fiscal deficits averaging around 3.8 % of GDP.

This initiated a further decline in 10 - year government bond yields, which fell to all - time lows for nine large euro area countries including France, Ireland and Spain by 26 November, the end of the period under review (Graph 5, right - hand panel).

In fact, the 10 - year Chinese government bond yield fell following the major announcements (Graph B, right - hand panel).

The reason: a surge in yields on US Ten Year Government Treasury Bonds, which hit a four - year high of 2.86 per cYear Government Treasury Bonds, which hit a four - year high of 2.86 per cyear high of 2.86 per cent.

In addition, sovereign wealth funds — which generally diversify their portfolios to include a small portion of alternate assets such as gold, private equity and real estate — are likely to raise their allocations following the low yield in government bonds over the last couple of yearIn addition, sovereign wealth funds — which generally diversify their portfolios to include a small portion of alternate assets such as gold, private equity and real estate — are likely to raise their allocations following the low yield in government bonds over the last couple of yearin government bonds over the last couple of years.

In a country where the unemployment rate is at a 20 - year low and industrial output is approaching historical highs, fueling inflation concerns, a 10 - year government bond yield of 1.5 % is totally inappropriate and will naturally spur people to buy real estate.

China's benchmark 10 - year government bond yield traded just shy of 4 percent in early December, up almost 100 basis points over the course of 2017.

In recent years, I can't recall one Investment Master recommending government bonds as an investment.

Michael Hasenstab: As we look toward the end of the year, we have to question whether the type of US government bond yields we have today make sense given rising inflation and the resiliency we've seen in the US economy.

«the probability that the investor holding stocks will double her capital every 10 years after inflation, quadruple every 20, combined with 100 % odd that she will outperform T - bills or government bonds in 20 years, can hardly be called risky.

Foreigners held 574 billion yuan, or about $ 87 billion, of Chinese central government bonds in November, official data showed, up 35 percent year on year.

To provide an example, the yield of the two - year Chinese government bond in yuan is around 3.35 %.

The resulting increase in corporate bond issuance has pushed up swap spreads, with the spread on US 10 - year (bank / government) swaps, for example, recently at its highest level for several years (Graph 7).

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Open Europe, a Brussels - based think tank, estimates that through government bond purchases and liquidity provisions to banks, the ECB's exposure to Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain has reached 705 billion euros, up from 444 billion euros in early summer - a 50 percent increase in six months (their note was published prior to the December 21 three - year LTRO, which likely further boosted lower quality collateral).

For three - straight years — between 2014 and 2016 — the greenback surged higher as the Fed ended «QE3,» the stimulus program that had the U.S. central bank buying as much as $ 85 billion worth of government bonds per month, and did away with the zero - interest - rate policy that was in place since the financial crisis.

The ECB's Draghi dropped more hints about how the central bank could support struggling countries, suggesting it was free to buy government bonds maturing in three years or less.

In France, government bonds of up to three years carry a negative yield.

Ever since the ECB has begun to implement its assorted money printing programs in recent years — lately culminating in an outright QE program involving government bonds, agency bonds, ABS and covered bonds — bank reserves and the euro area money supply have soared.