Bond market's tilt remains bearish even after post-Fed shakeoutThe Fed’s hawkish shift this month dealt a blow to wagers on a selloff in Treasuries and a steeper yield curve by briefly tamping down infl...
27 Jun, 2021, 10.17 AM IST
Should Janet Yellen’s treasury take free money?If any combination of Treasury secretary and Fed chair knows how to manage bond-market expectations, though, it’s Yellen and Jerome Powell.
16 Feb, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
Bond market reflation trade absorbs punch to extend 2021 advanceThe reflation trade took a brief pause after a government release on February 10 showed the pace of core consumer-price inflation was 1.4% ...
14 Feb, 2021, 12.49 PM IST
Goldman warns the dollar's grip on global markets might be overWhile that view is clearly still a minority one in most financial circles -- and the Goldman analysts don’t say they believe it will necess...
29 Jul, 2020, 08.32 AM IST
Misfired Fed ‘Bazooka’ opens doors to global bond yield slideThe Fed cut its main policy rate by a half-point in an emergency inter-meeting move on Tuesday.
04 Mar, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
Biggest bond rout in years whiplashes bulls who were rightTreasury yields hit their highs of the day after growth at U.S. service businesses beat estimates.
06 Sep, 2019, 08.41 AM IST
Yen emerging as currency-market winner as trade tensions mountThe greenback slid Friday as traders sought refuge in the yen, Swiss franc and euro.
03 Mar, 2018, 12.36 PM IST
Love it or hate it, Libor's rise matters for trillions of debtLibor represents a key benchmark proxy for short-term rates still to this day.
14 Dec, 2017, 07.34 PM IST
Vanguard, BlackRock ‘forced buyers’ in Fed’s bond retreatAnalysts say the vast majority of passive bond funds are pegged the Bloomberg Barclays indexes.
01 Nov, 2017, 01.19 AM IST
August, when all the traders take off and drama hits the marketsWhy is August so rough? For equities, it’s the worst month for volatility.
13 Aug, 2017, 03.25 PM IST
No bubble in stocks but look out when bonds pop, Greenspan saysRight now, the model shows US stocks at one of the most compelling levels ever relative to bonds.
01 Aug, 2017, 03.49 PM IST
These charts show why the rally in global bonds may have taken its last gaspsThe Federal Reserve is also doing its part, raising rates Wednesday for only the second time in a decade in an attempt to normalize borrowi...
15 Dec, 2016, 06.28 PM IST
Forget December. Forget next year. Fed done hiking until 2018The market’s view on the path of Fed policy is hardly set in stone. Rate hike expectations were upended in August and February amid similar...
29 Jun, 2016, 11.04 AM IST
Bond market sends Fed clear signal to raise ratesJanet Yellen has the fixed-income market just where she wants it: ripe for the first increase in US interest rates since 2006.
09 Sep, 2015, 04.26 AM IST
Traders keep eye on interest rate chartsThe US currency is increasingly moving in tandem with the difference between dollar- and euro-based interest rates.
02 Sep, 2015, 04.38 AM IST
US bond mood worst since disastrous 2009With Janet Yellen poised to raise interest rates in 2015 for the first time in almost a decade, prognosticators are convinced Treasury yiel...
30 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
QE is dead, but US Treasury still has too many takersInvestors submitted bids for $5.54 trillion of government debt at auctions this year, or 3 times the amount sold, data compiled by Bloomber...
04 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST