Bonds Analysis & Opinion

The US Federal Reserve is not just telegraphing its intention to start tapering bond purchases, but blaring it through loudspeakers. Yields on US Treasuries are responding appropriately.Yield on the...

Evergrande, a highly leveraged Chinese property company in danger of default, sent investors scrambling on Monday, shedding risky assets and shifting into safe-haven government bonds.Yield on the...

The US consumer price index showed a lower month-on-month increase than expected—0.3% instead of the 0.4% in the consensus forecast—leading bond investors to adjust their expectations...

It seems the one constant in the investing world is that no matter what happens, there is always strong demand for U.S. Treasuries. That keeps prices high and yields low. High inflation? Investors can...

Investors are busy scaling back their expectations for the Federal Reserve’s annual symposium this week, which is normally held in the Wyoming resort of Jackson Hole but has now been moved to an...

The stunning collapse of the Afghanistan government and the country’s takeover by the Taliban sent investors scurrying into the safe haven of U.S. Treasuries. Yields on the benchmark 10-year...

What do you get when inflation increases but investors still want the safety of government bonds? Record low real yields on U.S. Treasuries.The real yield strips out inflation and the rate on the...

With Jerome Powell's current tenure as Fed Chair due to end in February, 2022, President Joseph Biden may still decide to reappoint him as chairman of the Federal Reserve, but tea leaf readers might...

Analysts are going through contortions to explain how Treasury yields plunged last week, puncturing all the scenarios of robust economic growth, high inflation—and rising yields.Many...

Investors in U.S. Treasuries are shrugging off inflation worries and keeping yields well-contained. They seem to accept the argument from Federal Reserve policymakers that the recent increase in...

Investors left no doubt in anyone’s mind that they like bonds from the European Union as they ordered €142 billion of the first bonds in the pandemic recovery program, prompting the banks...

Greece joined the club of eurozone countries sporting negative bond yields as its five-year bond dipped below zero on Monday. It is hardly an exclusive club—Italy is now the only eurozone...

The European Central Bank seems to be taking its cues from the Federal Reserve, so the ECB governing council’s decision last week to keep its monetary policy accommodative is a good hint about...

Government bonds seem to have entered the summer doldrums as yields in the U.S., Europe, and Japan stay in a narrow range. A meeting this week of the European Central Bank governing council and next...