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U.S. Bonds Cheapest Since ’90 Versus Bunds Counter Buffett

Posted by Forexsq 3 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
img The longest decline in Treasuries this year has left U.S. government debt the cheapest since March 2011 when measured by real yields and the best relative value compared with German bunds in more than two decades.

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

Buffett: Stocks are great right now, bonds are bad

Posted by Forexsq 17 days ago (http://blogs.marketwatch.com)
img Fresh off Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, Warren Buffett talks stocks, bonds, J.P. Morgan and the debate over splitting the jobs of chairman and chief executive, J.C. Penney and more.

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

Bond Buyers See No 1994 Rout Helped by Bernanke Clarity

Posted by Forexsq 17 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
img Bond investors are gaining confidence that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will unwind the central bank’s unprecedented $3.3 trillion balance sheet without sparking a crash similar to 1994, when Alan Greenspan surprised the market by doubling benchmark lending rates in 12 months.

Though sovereign debt levels have more than quadrupled to $23 trillion, yields for 10-year Treasuries (USG

Soros to Germany: Back eurobonds or get out of the euro

Posted by Forexsq 43 days ago (http://blogs.marketwatch.com)
img Billionaire investor George Soros traveled to Frankfurt Tuesday to deliver some blunt advice to a German audience: Drop opposition to eurobonds -- bonds issued jointly by all 17 euro-zone countries -- or leave the shared currency.Soros says German fears that countries on the so-called periphery would abuse eurobonds by backsliding on budget rules were misplaced and that the euro zone's existing "

If Fed tapers bond buying, is end in sight? Maybe not

Posted by Forexsq 72 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img With the jobs market showing signs of healing, economists think they know what's next for monetary policy: the Federal Reserve will at some point taper its monthly bond purchases, and soon after, end them altogether.

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

Italian bond yields edge higher after downgrade

Posted by Forexsq 73 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
img Italian government debt saw moderate pressure Monday, pushing up yields after Fitch Ratings late Friday cut the country's sovereign debt rating by one notch to BBB plus from A minus. The yield on the 10-year bond IT:10YR_ITA +1.64% rose 0.07 percentage point to 4.66%, according to electronic trading platform Tradeweb. Fitch cited uncertainty over Italy's ability to address its fiscal problems in

5 money moves to cushion a Bond Market meltdown

Posted by Forexsq 125 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
img The bond-investing train has left the station, Art Steinmetz is convinced. And it’s just a matter of time before it jumps the tracks.

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

If You Bought Greek Bonds in January You Earned 79%: Euro Credit

Posted by Forexsq 153 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
img Investors bold enough to buy junk- rated Greek bonds in January have earned twenty times more than owners of top-rated German debt this year even after the biggest ever sovereign restructuring.

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

TABLE-Spain sells 4.6 bln euros in bonds

Posted by Forexsq 217 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img forexsq - Spain's Treasury announced the following results at Thursday's bond auction where it sold 4.6 billion euros ($6.0 billion) of 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

Indian Oil May Sell Singapore Dollar Bond

Posted by Forexsq 232 days ago (http://blogs.wsj.com)
img forexsq - Indian Oil may sell a 10-year Singapore dollar bond following investor meetings in Singapore, a person familiar with the matter said.

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

6 ways to profit from a European bond bailout

Posted by Forexsq 259 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
img forexsq - Individual investors who want to take a gamble on Europe’s potential next solution to its debt crisis — an expected large-scale bond buying program from the European Central Bank — can choose from a handful of exchange-traded funds or notes that would give them exposure to Italian and Spanish bonds.

Already, professional traders have been scooping up Italian and Spanish government s

A safer way to invest in foreign bonds

Posted by Forexsq 267 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
img forexsq - Income-starved investors looking to amp up their portfolios have been turning to foreign bonds -- for obvious reasons.

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

ECB mulls setting target bands for bond yields - sources

Posted by Forexsq 272 days ago (http://uk.reuters.com)
img forexsq - The European Central Bank is considering setting yield band targets under a new bond-buying programme to allow it to keep its strategy shielded and avoid speculators trying to cash in, central bank sources told Reuters on Friday.

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

ECB may set bond-buy target, but not make it public

Posted by Forexsq 273 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img forexsq - The European Central Bank is considering to setting a yield target on purchases under a new bond-buying programme but without making the levels public, central bank sources told Reuters on Thursday.

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

Spain says there must be no limit set on ECB bond buying

Posted by Forexsq 278 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img forexsq - The European Central Bank must make forceful moves to buy sovereign debt to help Spain reduce its refinancing costs and eliminate doubts over the euro zone's future, Spain's economy minister said in comments published on Saturday. "There can be no limit set or at least (the ECB) can't say how much they will use or for how long," when it buys bonds in the secondary markets, Luis de Guind
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