Bonds Analysis & Opinion

The yield curve remains at about the same place it was a month ago.Since the mid-March peak of optimism after the initial reactions to COVID-19, yields have declined, which would suggest that the Fed...

Pity the poor UK, you might think. The future of the country after Brexit, the outlook for London as a financial center, the welfare of the country under its erratic, wild-haired prime...

Austria has a storied history in the middle of Europe, but that’s not why investors oversubscribed its 100-year bond last week by nearly nine times, offering €17.7 billion ($19.91 billion)...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:Large bond speculators increased their bullish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of...

Years of monetary policy that has consistently driven yields lower, along with economic growth, have now left investors with nowhere to hide from risk. The graph above shows how many basis points...

Central banks looking for ways to keep credit flowing as interest rates remain low are scrutinizing the yield curve control pioneered in recent years by the Bank of Japan.The Japanese central bank...

10-Year US notes are in a bullish trend, now unfolding final stages of correction in wave (4). We see a contracting price activity within a fourth wave, which looks like a triangle. Once all legs are...

So much of the mainstream financial media focuses on the stock market, and yet the corporate bond markets, which includes securitized products and even municipal bonds, have a huge information vacuum...

Greece’s new issue of 10-year government bonds last week was more than five times oversubscribed, enabling the erstwhile sick man of Europe to raise €3 billion (US$ 3.4B) at a yield of 1.55...

Government bonds in foreign developed markets extended a rally last week as risk-off sentiment revived. This slice of global fixed-income posted the strongest performance for the major asset classes...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:Large bond speculators turned their net position bullish for the first time in over two years in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according...

If ever there was a case for a fixed-income allocation, 2020 has delivered the goods in no uncertain terms in 2020. As the coronavirus crisis derailed equity markets around the world, bonds –...

What a time to be alive! The stock market is booming, and many of our favorite income investments are ticking higher every day. Surely, they are reflecting the broader optimism that investors have...

Public health officials may have their worries about the risks still posed by the coronavirus pandemic, but bond investors are coming out of their lockdown in safe haven bonds—and they're ready...