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Yields on Treasury notes and bonds rose on Friday as investors reacted to better than expected employment figures. The rise in yields dropped bond prices. But as the charts below show, the moves...
Series I Bonds are currently paying 3.36% and are state and local tax free (and federal tax deferred). They can't be sold for 1 year so can be compared to a 1-year CD.
Marc Faber, the editor of a newsletter called the Gloom, Boom, Doom Report did an interview with Bloomberg in which he called US Treasuries junk. Well, what can you expect from someone who writes...
As long as inflation is kept under control (sub 5% annually) and China continues to somewhat peg their currency, then treasury rates can rise and these “yield hunters” will start buying...
Former Bank of England policymaker William Buiter says that investors should shun Treasuries because it is almost certain the US will have to raise rates next year.
The Treasury today announced that the fixed rate for I-Bonds for the next six months if .30%. Combined with the inflation component of 3.06%, it brings the total I-Bond rate for the next six months...
The US Treasury Department today is buying the last of the $300 billion in Treasury bonds, bills, and notes it has purchased over the last seven months to keep rates low. The program, which...
Yields on 10-year Treasury Notes fell after data showed that inflation was tame in September and that the housing market is still far from recovery.
Article | Oct 20, 2009 | Views: 117 | Comments: 0
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While the stock market has rallied 50% in the past six months, Treasuries have barely budged. What's up with that?
Article | Sep 28, 2009 | Views: 218 | Comments: 0
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This week the US Treasury Department auctioned off $70 billion in debt and it was met with eager demand. At yesterday’s $12 billion sale of 30-year bonds, investors bid for 2.92 times the amount...
Two Japanese men are detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134 billion worth of U.S. bonds over the border into Switzerland. Details are maddeningly sketchy, so naturally the global...
California and some other localities are asking for the Federal governments support in the municipal offerings. Such support has never been explicit, and were it to become explicit, munis would...
On Thursday Treasury bonds experienced a massive selloff, with the yield on the 10-year bond rising to its highest level since last November.
Article suggests this is a sign of things to come:...