Category: Liquidity

September 21, 2018

Treasury yields were mostly unchanged on early Friday trading as traders looked ahead to next week’s meeting by the Federal Reserve, where a rate increase is expected. The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.34% was flat at 3.080%, close to […]

September 20, 2018

Treasury yields pulled back slightly early Thursday trading ahead of data that will give the latest read on the labor and housing market’s health. The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.58% was down 0.9 basis point to 3.074%, but still […]

September 12, 2018

Despite a muted start to the month, the bull case for the U.S. dollar remains intact as the Federal Reserve is seen blazing ahead in raising interest rates, leaving other central banks behind. Net long positions in the U.S. dollar […]

August 17, 2018

Treasury yields fell Friday at the end a week of range-bound as trading as demand for U.S. government paper rose when the Turkish lira resumed its decline and weighed on risk sentiment. The yield for the benchmark 10-year note TMUBMUSD10Y, […]

July 17, 2018

When Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies on Capitol Hill this week, investors will be looking for clues as to how issues like escalating trade tensions could alter the U.S. economy and therefore the Fed’s interest rate path. Investors have […]

June 25, 2018

Gold futures slipped Monday, with the precious metal sticking to the mostly downbeat trading theme for June even as the U.S. dollar, strong throughout the month, eased in early action. A fresh round of global trade friction was again driving […]

May 24, 2018

The U.S. dollar declined on Thursday, pulling back from a 2018 high on renewed trade-war jitters after the Trump administration said it was investigating whether to slap import tariffs on cars. Meanwhile, the British pound gained strength on the back […]

May 17, 2018

Gold futures dropped Thursday, deepening their descent below the key $1,300 line, after falling this week to their lowest point of the year. ”The firm U.S. dollar and rising U.S. bond yields are continuing to exert pressure,” said Carsten Fritsch, […]

May 7, 2018

High valuations across different assets classes are posing very few alternatives to investors, one investment manager told CNBC, adding he would rather sit on cash. The surge in valuations, mostly seen throughout 2017, has made equities, bonds and currencies more […]

April 26, 2018

Digital currencies have taken a further pause Thursday, with most major assets trading in relatively tight ranges. The No. 1 digital currency, bitcoin BTCUSD, -2.92% slipped back below $9,000, trading to its lowest level of the week at $8,660.87. A […]