Until recently, the so-called “$TLT” exchange traded fund — which tracks long-term Treasuries — seemed dull as ditchwater. The price used to move in tiny increments with modest trading volumes, making it suitable for widows and orphans — risk-averse investors,...
Receive free Sovereign bonds updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Sovereign bonds news every morning.US Treasury yields are often called the risk-free rate, much to the annoyance of certain finance types. Yes yes, you...
Receive free Markets Insight updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Markets Insight news every morning.The writer is president and chief investment strategist at Yardeni ResearchI graduated from Yale University’s PhD programme in economics six...
Receive free US Treasury bonds updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US Treasury bonds news every morning.Bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic touched their highest levels for more than a decade on...
The 10- and 30- year Treasury yields just hit their highest levels since 2007, sending prices down. And at the same time, equities moved in the same direction. That’s not supposed to happen. Today on the show, we try to...
Receive free US Treasury bonds updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US Treasury bonds news every morning.The yield on 30-year US Treasuries hit a 16-year peak on Tuesday, as a sell-off in global bond...
Receive free US Treasury bonds updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US Treasury bonds news every morning.US Treasury yields climbed to a new 16-year high on Monday, as a global bond rout resumed following...
Receive free Sovereign bonds updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Sovereign bonds news every morning.European government bond prices dropped sharply on Thursday, as investors took fright at Italy’s larger than expected budget deficit and...
Receive free US Treasury bonds updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest US Treasury bonds news every morning.US stocks and government bonds are on course for their worst month of the year as investors respond...
Receive free Sovereign bonds updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Sovereign bonds news every morning.Parts of FT Alphaville have been worrying about Treasury basis trades long before it became cool, after watching in slack-jawed...
