Sentences with phrase «yields on the bond market»

They have also increased the cost of new fixed - rate mortgages as yields on the bond market have moved higher.

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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.

Markets around the globe have been keeping a close eye on the U.S. bond market as rising Treasury yields put investors on edge.

In a client note on Thursday titled «Yanking down the yields,» the interest - rates strategist projected that bond yields would be much lower than the markets expected because central banks including the Federal Reserve were reluctant to raise interest rates.

Stock markets were routed around the globe on Monday and bond yields rose as resurgent U.S. inflation raised the possibility central banks would tighten policy more aggressively than had been expected.

The benchmark 10 - year yield hit a high of 2.626 % on March 13, briefly ticking above the 2.60 % threshold that the bond - market veteran Bill Gross had said was «much more important than Dow 20,000.»

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.

With the Fed actively buying securities on the open market, the additional demand means bond issuers can promise lower yields and still attract investment.

Although there may not be a bond bubble, with investors starved for yield, Gundlach predicts a potential bubble could form in credit risk as investors increase their leverage on riskier debt securities like junk bonds and emerging market debt.

A spike in bond yields and a clear change of direction from central banks means there isn't a lot of value in global bond markets, a fund manager told CNBC on Tuesday.

It's the total earnings - per - share the market generates as a percent of the market's total value — a measure similar to the yield on bonds, where the yield rises when bond prices fall, and vice versa.

On Wednesday, bond yields in both the U.S. and Germany reached highs on the year, which likely helped trigger a selloff in equity markets ThursdaOn Wednesday, bond yields in both the U.S. and Germany reached highs on the year, which likely helped trigger a selloff in equity markets Thursdaon the year, which likely helped trigger a selloff in equity markets Thursday.

(Repeats to additional subscribers) NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters)- The U.S. benchmark 10 - year Treasury yield topped 3 percent for the first time in more than four years on Tuesday, a milestone that reflects the durability of the U.S. economic expansion and stokes the view the three - decade - old bull market in bonds is numbered.

NEW YORK, Jan 18 - U.S. fund investors pulled $ 3.1 billion from high - yield «junk» bonds during the latest week, Lipper data showed on Thursday, offering new warning signs about risk appetite despite global markets» continuing triumph.

Two are focused on high - yield, or junk, bonds, according to ETF.com, despite repeated warnings on Wall Street that the segment of the market is headed for the rocks.

During a webcast presenting his 2017 outlook, Gundlach, the founder of DoubleLine Capital, said certain «second - tier» managers were focusing on 2.6 % as an important level for the 10 - year Treasury yield — a threshold beyond which the bull market in bonds would end.

On average, high - yield bonds are trading at 86 cents on the dollar, meaning the market is predicting a 14 % loss on the loanOn average, high - yield bonds are trading at 86 cents on the dollar, meaning the market is predicting a 14 % loss on the loanon the dollar, meaning the market is predicting a 14 % loss on the loanon the loans.

NEW YORK, Feb 5 - The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Monday as the U.S. bond market selloff levelled off after the 10 - year yield hit a four - year peak on worries that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates faster to counter signs of wage pressure.

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.

Although it is fair to say that the recent uptick in volatility has in part reduced earlier concerns about prolonged low volatility and associated reach - for - yield behavior, it has placed added focus on the resilience of liquidity, particularly in markets, such as the market for corporate bonds, that may be prone to gapping between liquidity demand and supply in stressed conditions.

More from The New York Times: For Bond Investors, Low Expectations in a Low - Yield World Emerging Market Bonds Are on a Roll.

Separately, they also argued that bond yields are the «Achilles» heel of global markets,» arguing that «market pricing on Fed rate hikes, however, remains modest and there is to our minds significant risk of a more disorderly repricing of global bond yields.

«If — and it's a big if — U.S. President - elect Trump delivers on his campaign - trail fiscal promises, U.S. market interest expectations and bond yields have room to rise even further in 2017,» says Lena Komileva, managing director of g + economics in London.

Markets around the globe are keeping a close eye on the U.S. bond market after the most recent move in yields exacerbated a sell - off in stocks on Tuesday.

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.

Contributing to the stock market's agita so far this year has been the prospect that the 10 - year US Treasury Bond Yield may be on the verge of rising above 3.00 %, a level...

yields will hit the highs on close end of the day... equity markets setting up to be slammed tomorrow maybe but today they have run over weak shorts in the face of rates... the federal reserve see's this and again will wonder if they are behind on hikes, strong data, major expansion in credit, lack of wage growth rising bond yields and ballooning debt... rates will go much higher and equities will have revelations as to what that means for valuations

the percentage of return an investor receives based on the amount invested or on the current market value of holdings; it is expressed as an annual percentage rate; yield stated is the yield to worst — the yield if the worst possible bond repayment takes place, reflecting the lower of the yield to maturity or the yield to call based on the previous close

Yields on U.S. government bonds are already some of the highest in the sovereign debt markets and are attractive to non-U.S. buyers on an absolute and relative basis.

That certainly was the market reaction this morning, as the 10 - year bond yield spiked on the report, suggesting concerns about future inflation and a more aggressive rate - hike schedule at the Fed.

Nickel set for biggest weekly increase since April 2009 Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches record on Thursday Gold heading for worst week in a month Largest increase in 30 - year Treasury yields since 2009 Italian bonds are poised for worst three - week selloff since 2011 Emerging - market stocks set for biggest three - day slide since August 2015 Mexico's peso plunges 12 percent in three daysCommodities

The 35 year bull market in bonds most likely ended on July 8, 2016 when the 10 year maturity U.S. Treasury Note yield hit an all - time low of 1.36 %.

Trading across U.S. government bond maturities was range - bound on Wednesday, with yields little changed in spite of gains in the equity market in the last few sessions.

In contrast, bond market exposure (in the form of yield curve and spread risk) has played a relatively minor role in driving convertible bond risk and return in the recent past and seems likely to play a minor role in the year ahead, based on our model.

This leaves us roughly in the same position that we started the year, slightly overweight to spread product, i.e., investment - grade and high - yield corporate bonds and emerging markets (more recently, we also went back to a slight overweight on commercial mortgage - backed securities).

Looking forward, even if you assume bond yields settle down, probably somewhere in last fall's range of 2.2 % to 2.6 % for the 10 - year Treasury note, this moderate year - to - date rise is still likely to inflict significant damage on parts of the market.

These steps include: efforts to simplify prospectus requirements for retail vanilla bonds and ease the personal liability of company directors; improving market transparency through the RBA's publication of new measures of corporate bond yields; the lengthening of the government bond curve; and the listing of certain fixed - income securities on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Bloomberg reported Thursday that after Draghi's bold words about protecting the euro last week, markets expect him to deliver some sort of drastic action to do so and to relieve pressure on bond yields, which have climbed steadily higher for Spain and Italy.

One important concept to understand is yield, which is the annual income on a bond, based on its market price; it's sometimes used interchangeably with «interest rates.»

But cash isn't such a bad thing in a rising rate environment as the yield pick up rather quickly on money market accounts or you can roll some of that over into higher yielding short - term bonds.

Other bond funds focus on a narrower slice of the bond market, such as a short - term Treasury fund or a corporate high - yield fund.

Junk - bond ETFs rallied on Wednesday, as markets breathed relief that the «fiscal cliff» is no longer a concern and as a result, bond yields are under 6 percent for the first time ever, and junk ETF share prices hit levels not seen in years in some cases, according to an article on ETF Trends.

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.

Tonight on Nightly Business Report, stocks tumble as bond yields rise and tech earnings could be the next test for the market.

Positions that have recently come undone include betting on steepening yield curves and inflation expectations (inflation - linked over nominal bonds)-- and in equity markets, picking value over growth shares.

The markets finally woke up to this on Wednesday, after sleepwalking for the past year, as bond yields and stock prices sank and the...

As bond yields surged on Friday, high - yielding segments of the equity market such as utilities and REITs came under the most pressure, which shows that it won't take much of a rise in yields to derail their rally.

However, the reaction of the bond market is another story altogether, with yields on 10 - year Treasuries recently returning to about where they were when this year began.

The Market Climate remains on a Crash Warning, characterized by extremely unfavorable valuations, unfavorable trend uniformity, and hostile yield trends, particularly long - term bond yields and various measures of risk premiums.