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Tag: bond market


Capital and Risk, Liquidity

The yield curve is no longer inverted. But some still see an impending recession

October 17, 2019

Via: Market Watch

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 […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity

As the stock market makes a comeback, the bond market flashes a ‘dire’ warning about the economy

May 21, 2019

Via: CNBC

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 […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity

Maybe inflation is not dead as many major companies say they are raising prices

April 24, 2019

Via: CNBC

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 […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity, Macroeconomic

Mortgage rates fall on worries about global economy

February 7, 2019

Via: Market Watch

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 […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity

Treasurys extend rally after Powell remarks give succor to bond market bulls

November 29, 2018

Via: Market Watch

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 […]


Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic

Mortgage rates hit a seven-and-a-half-year high as the easy money era comes to a close

September 27, 2018

Via: Market Watch

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 […]


Activity, Investment Banking

A bullish ‘phenomenon’ in bond market is weeks away from fading, top credit strategist says

July 18, 2018

Via: CNBC

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 […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity, Macroeconomic

The US economy has plenty of steam despite bond market and trade fears, investors say

July 17, 2018

Via: CNBC

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 […]