Tag: US government bonds
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US Treasury Bond Yields Ahead of Fed Interest Rate Decision
US Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision and central bank monetary policy guidance. At 5:48 a.m. ET, the 10-year Treasury yield was down 2 basis points to 3.587%. The 2-year Treasury was trading at 4.134% after falling about 4 basis points. Yields and prices move in […]
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Two bond ETF strategies that can help investors profit from interest rate hikes
According to Joanna Gallegos, co-founder of fixed income ETF issuer BondBloxx, the interest rate jitters are meaningfully pushing investors toward the shorter end of the yield curve. Gallegos, former head of global ETF strategy for JPMorgan, thinks it’s a good approach. “It’s an intuitive trade. This isn’t 2022. This isn’t even five years ago. The […]
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investors await key jobs data
US Treasury yields fell Friday as investors awaited key jobs data that could affect future interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve. At 4:28 am ET, the 10-year Treasury was trading at 3.8354% after falling nearly nine basis points. The yield on the 2-year Treasury fell more than seven basis points to 4.8285%. Yields and […]
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investors are weighing the prospects of the Fed’s interest rate policy
US Treasuries rose Thursday as investors weighed the prospect of further rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and awaited new economic data. At 4:23 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury benchmark was up just over three basis points to 4.028%, trading above the 4% mark at levels last seen in early November. The […]
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Jim Bianco warns that stocks face serious competition
Traditional savings accounts compete with stocks. And according to Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco, the winner could be your neighborhood bank for the first time in years. He argues that rising interest rates are offering investors safer ways to generate income. “Cash is no longer garbage. That was a two-decade-old meme that doesn’t apply,” the […]
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US Treasuries: Investors Process Inflation Data
U.S. Treasury yields rose Friday as investors processed higher-than-expected wholesale inflation data and pondered what that might mean for Federal Reserve policy changes. At 5:32 a.m. ET, the yield on the 10-year Treasury was up more than 5 points to 3.902%. The yield on 2-year government bonds was 4.69% after an increase of more than […]