Tag: Treasury yields

October 3, 2022

U.S. stocks rose broadly in morning trading on Monday and Treasury yields eased off their multiyear highs as Wall Street leaves behind the worst month since the virus pandemic crashed global markets. The S&P 500 rose 1.8% as of 10:23 […]

January 20, 2022

Gold prices rallied overnight to the highest level traded at since November 2021 after a pullback in yields provided cover for bulls to mount an attack. The yellow metal has held up fairly well in recent weeks relative to stocks […]

January 10, 2022

The bond selloff that pushed 10-year Treasury yields to their highest in two years may not lead to a full-on taper tantrum, according to one of the biggest Treasury options market makers. Bets in the options market suggest yields won’t […]

October 8, 2021

The yield on the benchmark US Treasury 10-year is popping higher, aided by news overnight that the US Senate voted to extend the debt ceiling until December, pushing back market fears of a government default. The Senate agreed by a […]

September 28, 2021

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is sounding an urgent call for Congress to raise the government’s borrowing limit, a day after Senate Republicans blocked consideration of a bill that would have done so. Yellen is testifying Tuesday to the Senate Banking […]

April 2, 2021

Stock futures extended gains and Treasury yields rose Friday after a larger-than-expected addition of 916,000 US jobs in March underscored expectations the world’s largest economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 crisis. The moves in futures and government bonds took […]

March 31, 2021

Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as pointed to a strong economic recovery in China but worries lingered about the coronavirus pandemic. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dipped 0.8% in morning trading to 29,200.21. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 1.5% to 6,841.60. South […]

November 6, 2020

Wall Street’s best week since April is taking its first breather on Friday, and stocks are slipping following their big rally on enthusiasm about the upside of potential gridlock in Washington. Optimism was still pumping through other areas of the […]

September 21, 2020

U.S. Treasury yields fell early Monday as a global stock-market selloff bolstered demand for haven assets such as government bonds, amid renewed worries over the spread of COVID-19. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, 0.656% fell […]

July 7, 2020

U.S. Treasury yields declined slightly in early Tuesday trade before a debt auction is expected to highlight the U.S. government’s ultra-low borrowing costs as the economy recovers from the coronavirus crisis. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury note yield […]

June 17, 2020

Treasury prices struggled for direction on Wednesday as investors closely watched how individual U.S. states were going about reopening businesses and easing social restrictions with coronavirus cases rising in some areas of the country, just as the economy is starting […]

March 25, 2020

U.S. Treasury yields edged up in choppy trading on early Wednesday as investors struggled to balance news of a $2 trillion fiscal stimulus package agreement against broader worries about the ongoing infection rate and death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

March 12, 2020

In December 1996 then-Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan gave his famous “irrational exuberance” speech, in which he questioned hot stock prices and extended valuations following a bull market that began in the early-1980s. While prices in the dot-com bubble did […]

March 5, 2020

Just past 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Victoria Fernandez, chief market strategist at Crossmark Global Investments, was watching the 10-year Treasury make history. And wondering when people would realize how bad it was. “It’s at .93,” she said as the yield […]

February 19, 2020

Treasury yields struggled for direction on Wednesday as bond-market traders looked ahead to U.S. housing data that could offer additional clues on how an important engine of the economy was faring. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury note yield […]

February 14, 2020

NEW YORK — Stocks are opening mostly higher on Wall Street, with technology and retail companies leading the gainers. The three major indexes are on track for weekly gains. Chipmaker Nvidia rose in early after trading reporting strong earnings. Global […]

December 24, 2019

U.S. Treasury yields were mostly unchanged on Tuesday as investors awaited an auction for government debt later in the morning. Trading in the bond-market will end at 2 p.m. ET based on recommendations from the Securities Industry Financial Market Association, […]

September 6, 2019

Don’t put all your chips on Thursday’s big bond-market selloff continuing into the weekend. After rallying for months, government bond prices dipped sharply on Thursday, catching bullish traders offsides by a combination of robust economic data and a roaring stock-market […]

August 30, 2019

Treasury yields held their ground on Friday ahead of a key update on the state of inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy, a risk for bond investors who have jumped into long-term government debt this year. What are Treasurys doing? […]

August 16, 2019

U.S. Treasury yields edged up Friday as the bond-market followed a bounce in equities that are still on track to record weekly losses. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.38% rose 2.9 basis points to 1.556%, […]