Inflation-adjusted Series I savings bonds have been the most enticing place to park your cash this year—nearly 10% interest, backed by the U.S. government, the safest investment around. In a few weeks...
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Bitcoin’s Calm Amid Soaring Bond Market Volatility Points to ‘HODLer’-Dominated Crypto Market
With prices stuck between $18,000 to $25,000 since early July, bitcoin’s annualized 90-day realized, or historical volatility has crashed from 80% to a 21-month low of 21%, according to data sou...
‘Fragile Liquidity’ in Bond Market Could Threaten Fed’s QT Plans
(Bloomberg) — The unwind of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is running at its maximum capacity, though just how long it could go depends on whether global bond markets can continue to functi...
Bond Traders Follow Fed’s Lead With No Let-Up in Inflation Fight
(Bloomberg) — Bond traders are learning to follow the oldest rule in the book: don’t fight the Fed. Most Read from Bloomberg While Treasury yields have seen periodic pullbacks on hope the centra...
Bond markets facing historic losses grow anxious of Fed that ‘isn’t blinking yet’
The Federal Reserve has been showing no signs of letting up on aggressive rate hikes, even as its policies fuel carnage for the ages across the roughly $53 trillion U.S. bond market. As a result, borr...
This month may be the time to buy an I bond
Sometimes it’s the simplest do-it-yourself investments that make the most sense, especially as inflation shrinks buying power and stock market continues to disappoint. The Treasury Department’s inflat...
Bill Gross Sides With Pimco Bond Bulls in Seeing Yields Peaking
(Bloomberg) — Bill Gross and his former colleagues at Pacific Investment Management Co. can agree on at least one thing: bonds are attractive now. Most Read from Bloomberg Why? Because the marke...
Britain’s shadow banking system is raising serious concerns after bond market storm
Analysts are concerned about a knock-on effect to the U.K.’s shadow banking sector in the event of a sudden rise in interest rates. Photo by Richard Baker | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — A...
What’s happening with the bond market, experts weigh in
While equities declined this week, the major fireworks were happening in the bond market, both in the US and abroad. In continuation of our series “What to do in a bear market,” Yahoo Fina...
Bond Market Turmoil Could Last a While. How to Ride It Out.
It is an exciting time for fixed income—and a terrifying one, too. Central banks are in the midst of the most dramatic tightening of monetary policy in a generation, which has helped push yields on so...
How To Improve The Yield On Your I Bond
You may be buying the wrong kind of inflation bond. Here are two ways to get the good stuff. Raw deal getty Inflation bond: the ultimate protection against the rising cost of living. If you know what ...
How to Build a Bond Ladder for Income
While stock prices typically rise and fall from year to year, bond prices have historically been quite stable. Yet 2022 is shaping up to be a year of infamy for fixed income. Since bond prices move in...
Bitcoin Off Lows as Bank of England’s Bond Market Intervention Raises Hopes for Fed Pivot
The BOE, Fed, and other major central banks poured billions of dollars into the financial system via QE in the aftermath of the coronavirus-induced crash of 2020, triggering an unprecedented bull run ...
Epic Bond Collapse Is Met by a Growing Chorus It’s Time to Buy
(Bloomberg) — The worst bond rout in decades is drawing more investors to government debt, with JPMorgan Asset Management joining the growing camp of bulls. Most Read from Bloomberg Longer-dated...
“The bond market bubble has popped”
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Following its lowest weekly closing in nearly two years, Bitcoin (BTC) faces a volatile macro environment as the new week gets un...
U.K. could trigger a global crisis as pound collapses while bond yields soar, Larry Summers says
““A currency crisis in a reserve currency could well have global consequences. I am surprised that we have heard nothing from the IMF.”” — Larry Summers, former U.S. Treasury secretary Former U.S. Tre...
‘The bond market bubble has burst’ — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week staring down a wild macro environment after sealing its lowest weekly close in nearly two years. As risk assets across the global economy take a hammering and the U.S. ...
Bond market bubble bursts losing over $12 trillion of value from all-time highs
Around the world, central banks are aggressively raising rates in an attempt to battle persistent and stubborn inflation while bond prices are slowly trending down. The pandemic was followed up by the...
The Great Bond Bubble Is ‘Poof, Gone’ in Worst Year Since 1949
(Bloomberg) — Week by week, the bond-market crash just keeps getting worse and there’s no clear end in sight. Most Read from Bloomberg With central banks worldwide aggressively ratcheting up int...
‘Investors Are Running out of Havens’ — Erratic Behavior in US Bond Markets Points to Deep Recession, Elevated Sovereign Risk – Economics Bitcoin News
Yields on long-dated U.S. Treasuries have been erratic this year and this week, the 10-year Treasury yield crossed 3.5% for the first time in a decade. Following the Fed’s 75bps (basis points) rate hi...
Record 38% Plunge in Bond ETF Leaves Bearish Traders Exhausted
(Bloomberg) — A brutal wipeout in a $25 billion bond exchange-traded fund has investors wagering that the worst is over on the eve of a crucial Federal Reserve decision. Most Read from Bloomberg...
Tellurian Stock Sinks on Withdrawal of Bond Sale for LNG Project
Text size Tellurian said it withdrew the bond deal “due to uncertain conditions in the high-yield market.” Spencer Platt/Getty Images Tellurian shares were tumbling Tuesday after the natur...
Rising Bond Yields Change the Calculus for Stocks
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Why Investors Are Flocking to This Bond
bond ladder ETF Bonds can offer a safe way to invest and earn consistent interest income over time. A bond ladder exchange-traded fund (ETF) offers exposure to multiple bonds with varying maturity dat...
Treasury bond yields drop: what it means ahead of consumer prices data
Bond yields dropped on Monday as markets await critical consumer prices data that could determine the rate at which the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates when it meets. The Fed will release co...
El Salvador Launches 2 Debt Repurchase Offers Amid Uncertainty Over Its Bitcoin Bond
El Salvador’s $1 billion bitcoin bond (also known as the Volcano Bond) still does not have a launch date, despite being announced in November 2021 by Bukele. Bitfinex and Tether Chief Technology Offic...
Bear Market Leaves Bond Investors With Few Places to Hide
(Bloomberg) — It’s been a harrowing 12 months for global bond investors, culminating in a fall into a rare bear market. And there are few signs of a reprieve soon. Most Read from Bloomberg Doubl...
S&P 500 at 3,900 Is Graveyard for Shorts in Big Stock and Bond Rally
(Bloomberg) — A level analysts flagged as a battle line for stocks held up Wednesday, handing bearish equity traders their biggest defeat in a month. Most Read from Bloomberg Indeed, a rush to c...
Opinion: The stock market is in trouble. That’s because the the bond market is ‘very close to a crash.’
Don’t assume the worst is over, says investor Larry McDonald. There’s talk of a policy pivot by the Federal Reserve as interest rates rise quickly and stocks keep falling. Both may continue. McDonald,...