Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Let's have a look at a long-term perspective on Treasury yields. The chart below shows the 10-Year Constant Maturity yield since 1962 along with the Federal Funds Rate (FFR) and inflation. The range...

German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble believes banks are too overloaded in the sovereign debt of their own countries.Schaeuble also proposes such debt is not “risk free”. Clearly...

This week’s chart comes courtesy of a post from our friends at FT Alphaville. The chart is from BAML and tracks the number of high yield defaults. Default rates are actually just about normal at...

Treasury prices fell Friday for the fifth straight session, pushing yields to their highest level in a month, as strong gains in oil futures and high-yield debt dampened demand for safer assets...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: 10 Year US Treasury Note 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large 10-year treasury note futures traders and speculators bearish positions barely moved last...

All Japanese bonds have a yield under 0.3% as of April 19.Yield on the 40-year bond fell to a record low 0.29%. Yield on the 30-year bond hit a record low 0.285% Japan’s two-year bond yield hit...

When the Fed was created in 1914, it was set to task of controlling short-term interest rates in an attempt to iron out financial cycles.It succeeded for many years. But by avoiding the natural...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: 10 Year US Treasury Note CFTC Futures data shows speculators decreased bearish bets 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large 10-year treasury note futures...

While junk bonds haven't had much to brag about over the past few years, that trend is doing its best to change. Junk bonds are often viewed as leading indicators for the future direction of the stock...

Nominal Treasury yields ended very close to unchanged across the curve Monday, after a modest curve-steepening morning selloff was reversed by midday, and then yields settled into very narrow ranges...

From Sonia 7.000 highs in 1997, February 2009 experienced a first ever break of 1.000 to current price at 0.4665. The turning point in the UK was February 2009, as Sonia traded further first ever lows...

The only commonality in the 2 and 10 year Gilt yields from the 0.384 and 1.368 closes is correlations remain positive throughout monthly averages 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 10 years; however correlations...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: 10 Year US Treasury Note CFTC Futures data shows speculators sharply boosted bearish bets 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large 10-year treasury note...

Treasury yields opened modestly lower coming out of overnight trading Thursday and then saw a good further rally in the New York morning before stabilizing at the day’s best levels through the...