TOKYO—Japan’s finance ministry plans to boost government bond issuance by $75 billion to fund an economic stimulus package, potentially stoking concerns about the nation’s fiscal health. Prime Minister…
Read more Japan Plans Extra Bond Issuance That May Fuel Fiscal FearsBritain’s stock and bond markets flopped Friday morning on new evidence that the country’s Labour Party leadership doesn’t have a clue what to do about the economy or…
Read more Opinion | British Labour’s Fiscal MessArgentina’s stocks, bonds and currency surged Monday after the country’s midterm elections delivered a surprising mandate for President Javier Milei to press ahead with his free-market economic overhauls.…
Read more Argentina’s Bonds, Stocks, Currency Rally After Milei VictoryBond traders are at it again, pushing Treasury yields higher and signaling the Federal Reserve was too heavy-handed when it cut interest rates by a half-percentage point last…
Read more Why bond yields are rising and what stock investors should do about thatAmong the illustrious nameplates adorning the offices of Ivy League business schools is one Joao Gomes. A Wharton Business School finance professor, Gomes is issuing a warning cry…
Read more Hotshot Wharton professor sees $34 trillion debt triggering 2025 meltdown as mortgage rates spike above 7%: ‘It could derail the next administration’US President Joe Biden, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, speaks during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2022. Jim…
Read more U.S. deficit tops half a trillion dollars in the first quarter of fiscal yearInside the $26 trillion Treasury market, perhaps the deepest and most liquid place for government debt in the world, a particular trade continues to draw scrutiny ahead of…
Read more Why this Treasury market trade continues to draw scrutinyIn the U.S., 516 publicly listed firms have filed for bankruptcy from January through September 2023. Many of these firms have survived for several years with surging debt…
Read more Zombie firms are filing for bankruptcy as the Fed commits to higher ratesThe 10-year Treasury yield continued to pull back from 5% on Friday after moving tantalizingly close to surpassing that level in the previous session. The yield touched 5%…
Read more Why strategists see 10-year Treasury yield breaching 5% despite Friday’s pullbackU.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday with the 10-year hitting a fresh multiyear high as investors digested the latest economic data and considered the outlook for Federal Reserve…
Read more 10-year Treasury yield breaks above 4.9% for the first time since 2007Call it the mystery of the rising 10-year yield—and it’s led investors straight to the so-called ‘ Treasury Term Premium External link.’ Source link
Read more Yields Are Raising a Big Red Flag. What the Risks Are to You.30-Year Treasuries Had an Ugly Auction. What’s Behind the Weak Demand. Source link
Read more Treasuries Are Signaling Weak Demand. What’s Ailing The Market.The stock market always overreacts, and this year it seems as if investors believe dividend stocks have become toxic. But a look at yields on quality dividend stocks…
Read more Dividend stocks are dirt cheap. It may be time to back up the truck.The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond briefly rose above 5% again on Friday, opening the door to the likelihood of a more sustainable rise above that mark…
Read more Why 5% bond yields could wreak havoc on the marketThe 10-year Treasury bond is on track for a third year of losses in 2023, something that hasn’t happened in 250 years of U.S. history. In short, it…
Read more This hadn’t happened on the U.S. Treasury market in 250 years. Now it’s about to.The 10-year Treasury bond is on track for a third year of losses in 2023, something that hasn’t happened in 250 years of U.S. history. In short, it…
Read more This hadn’t happened on the U.S. Treasury market in 250 years. Now it’s about to.Yearly returns in the Treasury market slipped into negative territory this week as the market sold off on signs that the Federal Reserve may need to keep rates…
Read more Treasury market returns are negative again. Why this time for bonds looks different than 2022.A worsening U.S. fiscal situation caught stock and bond investors off guard in the past week and now a round of approaching government auctions is about to provide…
Read more Rising Treasury yields spooked the stock market. Now, a key test lies ahead.The Japanese yen strengthened and 10-year JGB yield rose after the Bank of Japan said it would allow “greater flexibility” in its target range for 10-year Japanese government bond…
Read more Yen weakens but bonds rise after BOJ pledges more flexibility to yield curve controlWorries about a possible policy tweak by the Bank of Japan threw a wet blanket on a stretched U.S. stock-market rally Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Read more Why U.S. stocks and bonds stumbled on talk of a Bank of Japan policy tweak
