Tag: bond market

October 17, 2019

Recession concerns should be eased now that the yield curve no longer is inverted since it has been a reliable bond-market harbinger of past economic downturns. And yet, market participants are divided on whether a recent steepening of the curve […]

May 21, 2019

Stocks are weathering the latest bouts of increasing trade war fears, but the bond market is pointing to more trouble ahead. The S&P 500 is up 1% since a massive sell-off to start last week. The broad index also remains […]

April 24, 2019

Companies seem to be talking a little bit more about how price increases are helping profits, an early sign that more inflation could be seeping into the economy. “It’s not bad. [Prices] are sticking a little bit. Anecdotal evidence is […]

February 7, 2019

Rates for home loans fell in line with the bond market as a slowing global economy increasingly sent investors to the perceived safety of fixed-income assets. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.41% in the February 7 week, mortgage guarantor Freddie […]

November 29, 2018

Treasury prices rose, pulling yields lower, on Thursday trading after investors judged the latest remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as dovish. Powell in a speech in front of the Economic Club of New York on Wednesday said interest […]

September 27, 2018

Rates for home loans jumped along with yields in the broader bond market, taking financing costs to a recent high and raising fresh questions about the effect of another headwind on a housing market that’s already sputtering. The 30-year fixed-rate […]

July 18, 2018

Investors appear to be warming up to an overlooked area of the fixed income market. Wells Fargo Securities’ George Bory sees a bullish trend in corporate bond demand. “With bond yields being somewhat more stable, we’re actually starting to see […]

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 […]