Bonds Analysis & Opinion

In normal times, August is a quiet month for government bond issues as many investors—as well as government officials—head for the beaches or extended holiday trips.But these are not...

The agreement of European Union leaders to issue €750 billion of bonds to help finance COVID-19 recovery has many investors and analysts salivating with anticipation. The first significant...

TIPS may tip Fed policy, as declining real yields indicate a weak economy and loose money.Even investors who aren’t interested in the minus 0.91 yield on 10-Year Treasury Inflation Protected...

Institutional investors scouring the globe for yield have found a new darling. Australian government bonds (AGBs) provide a few basis points in additional yield along with the security of a triple-A...

If you ever needed addiitonal proof that bond investors put top priority on yield, the recent strong interest in Chinese government bonds provides it.It’s not that investors ignore political...

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)...

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...

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...

Greece’s 10-year bond yield has dropped below 1% for the first time on record. Less than eight years ago, Greek bond yields spiked to as much as 45%, as the country very nearly perished in the...

This post was written exclusively for Investing.comThe risk appetite among investors appears to be on the rise and that means yields may be on their way higher. Equity markets are climbing following...

Outside of the United States, flash PMIs were generally better than expected with only the EU Services and Composite dragged lower by strikes in France. And although in the US, the manufacturing PMI...

Just over a year ago the US Federal Reserve had just raised rates for the fourth time against a backdrop of rising concern that they were moving too fast in normalising monetary policy at a time when...

The US 10-Year Treasury yield is up to 1.92%, edging closer to the 2% threshold it hasn’t been able to reach since July. In Germany, the 10-Year bond yield has risen to -0.25% from as low as...

An interesting divergence between US equities and high yield bond spreads has opened up recently. While the S&P 500 Index continues to rise, high yield bond spreads have widened. Usually, however,...