Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Bund:Bunds have made a small inverse Head and Shoulder pattern on the 60 min charts. Now this pattern should provoke the buyers into making a move to the topside.. We have the neckline located in...

The Euro crisis is getting deeper into the uncharted territory with bond yields surging across Europe on Friday Nov. 25, after Fitch Ratings cut Portugal’s debt rating to “junk”...

Note from dshort: With the Thanksgiving selloff in equities, the flight to safety (and accompanying decline in yields) was again driven by the fear of eurozone contagion, although the yield on the...

The euro is on the retreat. During the course of the week, the single currency weakened against the “risk off” currencies – particularly against the US dollar and its Chinese...

Market commentThe negative headlines have been plentiful this week and a few positive macro numbers at the end of the week were not enough to change the overall risk-aversion mode of debtinvestors....

With the US out on holiday the focus has been squarely on Europe. First Portugal’s credit rating was downgraded to junk status by Fitch, second, German bond yields continue to rise after...

Tap of SGBi3108 at the auction on Thursday, SEK750m. Just as we argued in the last edition of our Index-linked Report (on 26 October) the Swedish real rate curve has flattened relative to the German...

As evidenced by the poor showing for German bonds at today’s Bundesbank bond offering, it is obvious for all to see that the debt contagion tide is now threatening Germany’s coastline. ...

As yield rates for France’s sovereign debt climbs to levels most analysts feel to be unsustainable, the country’s triple A credit rating is firmly in the sights of the major ratings...

With the Democrats and Republicans “Super committee” at an impasse on how to reduce the US deficit, the biggest rally in government bonds in three-years shows no signs of abating even as...

Bund:Bunds proved they were under pressure Friday by holding  138.04/05 on the topside which pushed the market lower to the short term 50% fib level of 134.24 with 136.19 posting the lows.. We...

I’ve been amazed at the ineptitude of the European leaders. Not just the political ones. The actions and statements by the ECB have been counterproductive. The ECB has directly contributed to...

Market comment:The debt crisis continues and Italy remains the biggest worry as sovereign yields continue to stay at very elevated levels despite the ECB buying sovereign debt during the week. The...

Bunds:Bunds had a bit of a rollercoaster day yesterday and initially rallied up through to 138.79 then fell to 137.19, before closing mid range...Today we have the 138.04/05 resistance to...