Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Originally published by BetaSharesFixed-income investors seeking safety in bonds be warned: it took only a relatively modest rise in bond yields over the past year for Australia’s headline bond...

Originally published by BetaSharesShould you hold individual bonds and “do it yourself” or a diversified bond fund/ETF? One commonly held belief in investing is that holding individual...

Originally published by AMP CapitalKey pointsIt’s hard to argue that the search for yield has gone too far given how low bond yields are. A range of assets still provide much better yields than...

Originally published by UBS Asset ManagementAussie bonds have been having a tough time of late. For a year now, we at UBS have been waiting for this moment, when all of the super-charged performance...

Originally published by BetaSharesAlthough the Reserve Bank of Australia has kept official short-term interest rates steady since August last year, it may surprise some investors to know that returns...

Originally published by The Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaAussies and Kiwis are close, but not that close. Sell Kiwi and buy Aussie 2021s.Aussies and Kiwis are (too) close. We are best unbeaten...

Originally published by BetaSharesIn this first part in the bond basics series, I focus on the concepts of “interest rate risk” and “duration”. The main objective of this is to...

Originally published by BetaSharesGlobal bond yields have started to lift over the past year after several years of trending down. This post examines how structural and cyclical factors have affected...

The US Congress faces a deadlock as the political impasse over lifting the debt ceiling worsens and short-term Treasury bond yields start to rise.Monday saw a sharp increase to selling of short-term...

The US 10-year Treasury yield has risen 30 bp since Monday's low-water mark. There are a number of reports that try to link the backing up in US yields to purported sales by China. The Chinese sales,...