Bonds Analysis & Comment

European investors are wondering how much pressure monetary tightening in the US will exert on the European Central Bank and on EU sovereign bond yields. Odds are growing that the Federal Reserve will...

A triple whammy from the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy sent Treasuries into a tailspin last week and boosted yields on the 10-year note to 1.77% by Friday. On Monday, yields spiked above...

On Monday, yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note plowed decisively through its recent 1.5% ceiling after edging above it on Friday, tacking on 13 basis points to above 1.63%. Even as snow...

Inflation is rising, the Federal Reserve is reacting slowly, and yields on the 10-year Treasury remain stubbornly low, fluctuating gently below 1.5%. What does this mean? Analysts are starting to...

There are people who listen to Boris Johnson as if he was someone to take seriously. Some of them even write commentary on the bond market. So when the British prime minister said Sunday there is a...

The benchmark 10-year Treasury note has become a barometer of COVID fears, yo-yoing as concern rises and drops. On Friday, the yield on the 10-year fell below 1.5% as the Dow crashed amid worries...

The decision by US President Joseph Biden to nominate Jerome Powell for a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve—when it finally came on Monday—was widely expected. But there was...

The big story last week was how hedge funds, which amplify their gains and losses with leverage, got burned as long-term Treasury yields declined and shorter-term yields rose, flattening the yield...

Bond investors globally are leading the charge against inflation and forcing central banks to heed price increases that are not transitory per policymakers’ repeated claims, but proving to be...

There is a good deal of confusion among investors regarding inflation. There are two schools of thought—those who think it is a problem, and those who don't. Since Treasury Secretary Janet...

US Treasury investors are anxiously calibrating inflation risks as the benchmark 10-year continues its volatility dance, with missed economic data forecasts fueling the uncertainty. The yield spiked...

Yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note shot up above 1.6% on Friday after a disappointing jobs report which investors decided wasn’t disappointing enough that it would stop the Federal...

Congressional dysfunction is running rampant as investors are growing genuinely worried about inflation. That's keeping U.S. Treasury yields high. Yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury hovered just...