Sentences with phrase «yields on these bonds hit»

Recently, yields on these bonds hit all - time lows.

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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.»

Germany's benchmark 10 - year bond yield was up almost 2 bps at 0.58 percent in early trade, above a one - week low of 0.56 percent hit on Friday.

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.

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 yield on the U.S. 10 year Treasury bond recently hit 9 - month highs and the 2s10s spread widened on news of the Bank of Japan trimming its long - dated bond buying program and questions around China's ongoing purchase of U.S. Treasuries (USTs) with its foreign - exchange reserves.

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 %.

Japanese shares hit a two - month closing high on Tuesday with financials leading gains after U.S. bond yields spiked to four - year highs and as investors remained optimistic about upcoming earnings.

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.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note, which moves inversely to its price, hit a record of 1.378 percent, while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond was down at 2.1529 percent.

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

The yield on the 10 - year Treasury bond climbed above 3 % for the first time since 2014, but of greater concern to many market participants were remarks in major corporate earnings reports suggesting that business conditions had likely hit their peak and were poised to deteriorate going forward.

Bonds were also on the move, with yields pressing higher after falling on Monday, with the 2 - year yield hitting 2.26 % and the 10 - year yield rising to 2.89 %.

Yet we believe another milestone is of far greater significance to investors: Yields on short - term U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bonds also hit 3 % — an eight - year high.

Today the yield on the 10 - Year Treasury bond hit 3 percent.

While not exactly hitting the Federal Reserve's revered 2.0 % annual inflation target, it was apparently close enough to create more jitters in the bond market, with the yield on the U.S. Treasury's benchmark 10 - year note immediately climbing seven basis points to 2.91 %, its highest level in more than four years.

NEW YORK (AP)-- Yields for municipal bonds climbed this week, and the 10 - year yield on the AP Municipal Bond index hit its highest level in a month.

The US dollar continues to climb this week, buoyed by rising yields on US bonds, which have hit 4 - year highs.

The yield on the benchmark 10 - year Treasury note climbed to 3.122 percent Thursday, its highest market since July 8, 2011, while the yield on the 30 - year Treasury bond hit 3.248 percent, its highest level since July 13, 2015.

Even corporate junk bonds aren't so high - yield these days, with those securities yielding 6.36 percent on Friday, after hitting a record low of 5.98 percent last week.

After hitting a record low yield of -0.23 % on July 8, 2016, the S&P Japan Government Bond Index rebounded following a modest stimulus announcement later that month.

Yet we believe another milestone is of far greater significance to investors: Yields on short - term U.S. investment grade (IG) corporate bonds also hit 3 % — an eight - year high.

Tracking Puerto Rico municipal bonds since December 1998, the S&P Municipal Bond Puerto Rico Index hit a record high yield on September 9, 2013 with the index reaching a weighted average yield of slightly over 7 %.

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When you have many different parties going into the markets seeking income, not caring where they get it from, and a shock hits one part of the market, the effect flows to other areas If all of a sudden yields on junk bonds look cheaper, the yield trade - offs of buying junk and selling dividend paying common stocks looks attractive.

On the other hand, The Dow Jones Industrial Average just hit a three - week low thanks to rising US government bond yields.