Stock and bond fund returns for the quarter were bad nearly everywhere you looked, our columnist says. Energy stocks, lifted by the war with Iran, were an exception.
Category: Government Bonds
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The Winning Stock Funds This Time Weren’t Tech. They Were Energy.
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France Is Veering Toward a Potential Debt Crisis, a Warning to the World
The New York Times – Business:French bond investors are demanding sharply higher interest rates, a cautionary development for other high-debt countries.
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Rebuked by Bond Market, Bessent Says ‘House’ Does Not Always Win
The New York Times – Business:The Treasury secretary said in an interview with Axios that he cannot control the Treasury market but argued that U.S. bond yields would come back down over time.
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U.S. Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2002
The New York Times – Business:The trends pushing up yields, including the war in Iran and high government debt levels, are unlikely to dissipate soon.
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The Global Bond Rout Reaches Worrying New Levels
The New York Times – Business:Investors are on alert as the yield on the 10-year Treasury note hit a new multi-decade high. The sell-off is also broadening in Europe, too.
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Rising Interest Rates Are Causing Alarm. Here’s What to Know.
The New York Times – Business:History shows that the markets and the economy flourished when rates were even higher than today’s. But, our columnist notes, those times didn’t last.
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Bond Yields Soar as Investors Foresee Another Fed Interest Rate Increase
The New York Times – Business:The 10-year Treasury yield on Wednesday rose to around 5.1 percent, as investors grew more convinced the Fed Reserve will raise interest rates again.
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What’s Behind Bessent’s Boasts About the U.S. Bond Market
The New York Times – Business:By one measure, U.S. government bond markets have posted negative returns, but markets in others countries have experienced steeper losses.
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10 Ways to Explain Why Interest Rates Are So High
The New York Times – Business:If you can’t pin down why something’s happening, you don’t have much hope of fixing it.
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What Set Off the Rise in Interest Rates? Mainly, the Iran War.
The New York Times – Business:The Federal Reserve is trying to catch up with the leap in bond rates as the Middle East conflict unnerves world markets.
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Japan Raises Interest Rates to 31-Year High Under U.S. Pressure
The New York Times – Business:The Bank of Japan’s widely expected move followed an unusual campaign by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for tighter monetary policy.