After inflation, 10-year U.S. notes yielded 0.91 percent last week, or 1.77 percentage points more than real yields on U.K. gilts, the widest spread in 25 months. Versus Germany, the
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U.S. Bonds Cheapest Since ’90 Versus Bunds Counter Buffett
After inflation, 10-year U.S. notes yielded 0.91 percent last week, or 1.77 percentage points more than real yields on U.K. gilts, the widest spread in 25 months. Versus Germany, the
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Buffett: Stocks are great right now, bonds are bad
If you didn’t collect enough of Warren Buffett’s wisdom from Berkshire Hathaway’s brkb BRKB +0.97% annual meeting, the news channel CNBC followed up Monday with a Buffett lovefest, interviewing the Oracle of
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Bond Buyers See No 1994 Rout Helped by Bernanke Clarity
Though sovereign debt levels have more than quadrupled to $23 trillion, yields for 10-year Treasuries (USG
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Soros to Germany: Back eurobonds or get out of the euro
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If Fed tapers bond buying, is end in sight? Maybe not
But perhaps they shouldn't be so sure.
The Fed is currently buying $85 billion in mortgage-backed securities and Treasuries to inject more money into the economy to help boost
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Italian bond yields edge higher after downgrade
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5 money moves to cushion a Bond Market meltdown
A U.S. bond-market derailment is inevitable, says Steinmetz, chief investment officer at OppenheimerFunds. Yields are low, buying enthusiasm is high, and both interest rates and inflation have nowhere to go but up, he explains — not a good omen for bonds to outp
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If You Bought Greek Bonds in January You Earned 79%: Euro Credit
Greek government bonds returned 79 percent this year, compared with 3.7 percent for German bunds and 5.8 percent for Spanish securities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes show. It’s the first year s
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TABLE-Spain sells 4.6 bln euros in bonds
It sold 1.6 billion euros worth of bonds maturing in July, 2015, with a 4 percent coupon and 1.5 billion euros worth of bonds maturing in October, 2016, with a 4.25 percent coupon. bonds
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Indian Oil May Sell Singapore Dollar Bond
The refiner, which is the country’s largest listed company by sales and is rated Baa3 with a stable outlook by Moody’s Investors Service and triple-B-minus with a negative outlook by Fitch Ratings, has hired DBS Bank and Standard Chartered to arrange t
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6 ways to profit from a European bond bailout
Already, professional traders have been scooping up Italian and Spanish government s
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A safer way to invest in foreign bonds
The 4.2% payout on the average foreign fixed-income fund dwarfs the yield on U.S. bonds by about 1½ percentage points. Lately, though, that extra income has come at a steep price.
As interest rates and currencies have swung violently amid the global slowdown and E
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ECB mulls setting target bands for bond yields - sources
Setting a band is an option gaining in favour among central bankers, but the decision would not be made before the ECB's September 6 policy meeting, the sou
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ECB may set bond-buy target, but not make it public
Such an "implicit target" was one option being examined but nothing would be decided before the ECB's Sept. 6 policy meeting, one source said. Such a target could be flexible.
Another
