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LONDON, April 23 - Hamstrung by a renewed slump in volatility and lack of clear market direction, FX and bond speculators are making historically big bets on a lower dollar and higher yields.

In a year marked by a significant milestone for rising interest rates (the 10 - year Treasury note yield topping 3 percent), an unusual winner has begun to emerge in the stock market: utility stocks.

The yield on the U.S. 10 - year Treasury jumped to its highest level since 2014 on Friday morning, underlining a wider move in bond markets caused by central banks moving away from financial crisis policies.

Powell's comment was pointed to by bond market strategists as a reason for a sudden pop in bond yields.

MARKETS: The dollar held near a four - month high against a basket of major currencies, buoyed by the outlook for a strong U.S. economy and rising yields amid signs of slowdown elsewhere, especially in Europe.

By mid-December it was clear that a late - quarter rout in the high - yield bond market was likely to hit revenues.

By contrast, in August, when the market was still anticipating that the Fed might raise its key interest rate in September, the two high - yield funds lost a net $ 344 million.

Then «tapering» talk by the Federal Reserve caused U.S. bond yields to shoot up and draw back the capital that had earlier flowed into the emerging markets, putting more downward pressure on financial markets and currencies.

NEW YORK, Nov 28 - The Federal Reserve faces the challenge of standing by as financial markets «correct» as the central bank trims its asset holdings, U.S. hedge fund manager David Tepper said on Tuesday, adding he was surprised the bond - yield curve was so flat.

While that might suggest the «smart money» is signaling a swift correction, don't necessarily buy it: Lipper research found that «following the most recent periods of four or more consecutive weeks of net outflows from the Lipper High Yield ETF segment, the market — as measured by the BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Index — performed relatively well in the calendar month that immediately followed.

«According to the higher interest rates and bond yields projected by consensus, the market has started to wonder when the BOE would start raising rates again.

Bond yields snapped higher, adding to their already steep gains, and federal funds derivatives showed market expectations are moving closer to pricing in a full three interest rate hikes by December.

History shows when the benchmark rate for everything in the economy from corporate bond yields to mortgage rates moves by this much, this fast, the stock market struggles in the following months.

But the bank has taken more extreme measures, such as ramping up purchases to more than 40 percent of the market overall and saying it would control the yield curve by keeping the 10 - year government bond yield around 0 percent.

Yields in the $ 14 trillion market for U.S. government debt touched record lows in 2016, driven by years of aggressive central bank intervention in the wake of the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis to keep interest rates low to stimulate the economy.

Bonds due in 2018 and won by BofA were «aggressively» priced with a 1.64 percent yield that narrowed Illinois» spread over Municipal Market Data's benchmark triple - A yield curve to 70 basis points from 100 basis points ahead of the sale, Greg Saulnier, a MMD analyst, said.

More than a dozen financial institutions listed by Bankrate have savings and money market accounts with annual percentage yields of 1 percent or more.

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Putting the recent market indigestion into context, the positively sloped yield curve offers some comfort by suggesting the selloff may be short - lived and could be an opportunity to take advantage of cheaper valuations.

That was one of the all - time classic bear markets, characterized by high inflation, high unemployment, high Treasury yields and rising inflation — as well as strong rallies followed by sharp selloffs.

Its underlying index selects and weights its bonds by market value, and this method yields a portfolio that aligns well with our benchmark in terms of credit tranches and maturity buckets, with the only notable difference being a slightly lower YTM.

For instance, the U.S. high yield market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2 % Issuer Capped index, experienced its worst start to a year ever, going back to 1994, Bloomberg data yield market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2 % Issuer Capped index, experienced its worst start to a year ever, going back to 1994, Bloomberg data Yield 2 % Issuer Capped index, experienced its worst start to a year ever, going back to 1994, Bloomberg data show.

That yield support leads to another phenomenon that has been studied by respected Wharton professor Dr. Jeremy Siegel, which he calls the «Return Accelerator» or bear market protector.

The selling has extended into other asset classes, notably commodities and high yield, and has been accompanied by an abrupt spike in market volatility.

The $ 1.2 trillion market for U.S. junk bonds yields about 6.6 percent, double what's offered by higher - rated company debt, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data.

Money market accounts are high - yield accounts offered by banks and credit unions that are like a hybrid of a savings account and a checking account.

By doing this, central banks hope to condition market expectations, lowering interest rates further out the yield curve (much like additional cuts to short - term interest rates would have done, had they been possible).

News can affect yields by offering market participants insight into economic fundamentals and shaping their expectations of central banks» future monetary policy decisions.

Interestingly, some German data releases closely followed by market participants — such as German GDP, industrial production, and employment statistics — did not significantly influence German yields, report Goldberg and Leonard.

There are a multitude of reasons as to why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many investors have done quite well for themselves over an investing lifetime by focusing on dividend stocks, specifically one of two strategies - dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio of companies that have raised their dividends at rates considerably above average and high dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above - average dividend yields as measured by the dividend rate compared to the stock market price.

Emerging - market companies have piled on debt in recent years, allured by low interest rates from yield - starved investors.

As of last week, the Market Climate in stocks remained characterized by an overvalued, overbought, overbullish, rising - yields syndrome that has historically produced periods of marginal new highs, slight declines, and yet further marginal highs, followed somewhat unpredictably by nearly vertical drops.

Among emerging market stocks, results with rule - based screening were even higher — when these screens were applied, the EM High Dividend Yield Index outperformed its benchmark by 5.1 points in our simulation.

XDV, with a current yield of about 3.9 %, holds the 30 biggest companies by market cap that also pay a dividend.

In bonds, Friday's tepid unemployment report was accompanied by a substantial decline in both real and nominal yields - enough to move the Market Climate in bonds to a condition of both unfavorable valuations and unfavorable market aMarket Climate in bonds to a condition of both unfavorable valuations and unfavorable market amarket action.

I've long noted that the analysis of market action can help to overcome some of this frustration, as stocks have often provided good returns despite rich valuations so long as market internals were strong, and the environment was not yet characterized by a syndrome of overvalued, overbought, overbullish, and rising yield conditions.

Sometimes Convenience Yields are earned, by holders of government bonds that are in short supply in the market.

If you're close to retirement, it's likely that you don't want to turn to high - risk (and high - yield) investments in the event the markets don't perform well enough by your retirement date.

Note that in the 1987 case, the unusually strong 10 - year return reflects a move to the extreme bubble valuations in the late 1990's, which have in turn been followed by 13 years of market returns below Treasury bill yields.

Speaking of the Treasury, they've got to pretty massively increase the supply of bonds to the market to fund the deficits induced by the tax cut and spending bill, which puts downward pressure on bond prices and upward pressure on yields.

The 10 - year yield is dictated by the Treasury bond market.

As of last week, the Market Climate for stocks remained characterized by strenuous overvaluation, overbought conditions, overbullish sentiment, and hostile yield pressures.

Because the 10 - year yield is dictated by the market, and the market still won't believe in aggressively higher long - term inflation given the 30 + year downward trend.

The optics sector may be overlooked by many investors, but a handful of stock picks in the space could yield attractive returns, according to Loop Capital Markets.

Oil prices have fallen more than 15 percent since March 4 to a six - year low of $ 42.3, wiping out $ 7 billion of market value of high - yield debt issued by energy companies.

IMO they are being short - changed by the market today — yielding nearly 5 %.

We believe the key to investing in high yield bonds is investing in solid companies run by strong management teams that can navigate variable market conditions.

In the meantime, investors do not seem to be concerned by the interest rate warnings and continue to fuel the ETF market looking for the greatest amount of yield.

The Market Climate remains characterized by extreme valuations, unfavorable trend uniformity, and hostile yield trends.

Funds with yields that are relatively high when compared to other funds in the same investment category are likely to be engaging in market timing by building a defensive cash position that in turn generates higher income.