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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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For the first time ever, Germany's 10 - year government bond yield recently fell below zero, joining negative government debt issued by Japan, Switzerland and other countries.
For example, with five - to 10 - year Treasuries recently yielding 1.5 % to 2 %, paying even the 1 % or so average expense ratio for an intermediate - government bond means you're losing half or more of that yield to expenses.
No doubt, the slope of the yield curve, as measured by the spread between two - and 10 - year government bonds, has been flattening since 2014 in both Canada and the United States, and the trend has recently intensified: as we headed into December, the curve sat at its flattest level since the Great Recession.
But recently many blue chip stocks have pulled ahead of 10 - year government bonds when it comes to yield.