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Capital and Risk, Liquidity

Treasury yields stays steady as investors wait for Fed meeting to kick off

July 28, 2020

Via: Market Watch

U.S. Treasury yields held steady on early Tuesday’s trade as traders waited for the Federal Reserve to begin its two-day meeting, where the central bank may offer clues on how monetary policy might evolve in the coming months. What are […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity

Treasury yields fall after retail spending drops the most on record amid pandemic

May 15, 2020

Via: CNBC

U.S. government debt yields moved lower Friday as investors digested more somber economic data. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell 2 basis points to 0.595% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond also declined 4 basis […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity

The Fed is starting its program to purchase corporate bond ETFs

May 12, 2020

Via: CNBC

The Federal Reserve will be starting its long-awaited corporate bond program Tuesday amid a boom in debt issuance. The central bank will kick off its Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility, which is part of a history-making initiative in which it […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity

Bond yields are falling and that could stunt bank profits, Jim Cramer warns

January 27, 2020

Via: CNBC

U.S. Treasury yields are sliding, and that could negatively impact financial institutions, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. “Worries about a worldwide slowdown mean people will buy [U.S.] Treasurys, and when people buy Treasurys, interest rates go down,” the “Mad Money” […]


Activity, Capital and Risk, Corporate Banking, Liquidity

Citigroup misses revenue expectations on much weaker-than-expected bond trading

January 14, 2019

Via: CNBC

Citigroup posted fourth-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ estimates by a half-billion dollars as bond trading declined amid a difficult December for markets. The bank said fixed-income revenue dropped 21 percent to $1.94 billion from a year earlier as trading conditions […]