At one time, Treasuries and other highly rated bonds were a safe way for older investors to generate income. But today’s low bond yields call for a new strategy.
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| The European Commission intends to complain to Treasury Secretary Geithner that new U.S. regulations will discourage banks from trading sovereign bonds. ... more info |
| The Italian Treasury sold the full amount of debt at its planned bill sales, boosting hopes for an auction of longer-dated paper Monday that will provide a more accurate gauge of demand for the country's bonds. ... more info |
| The European Commission intends to complain to Treasury Secretary Geithner that new U.S. regulations will discourage banks from trading sovereign bonds. ... more info |
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| Banks had the biggest drop in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index amid concern about their ability to increase profits. ... more info |
| The European Commission intends to complain to Treasury Secretary Geithner that new U.S. regulations will discourage banks from trading sovereign bonds. ... more info |
| The European Commission intends to complain to Treasury Secretary Geithner that new U.S. regulations will discourage banks from trading sovereign bonds. ... more info |
| After receiving nearly half a trillion euros in cheap loans from the ECB last month, Europe's banks face a dilemma: to invest the money in lucrative but potentially risky government bonds or hoard the cash at a loss. ... more info |
| The European Commission intends to complain to Treasury Secretary Geithner that new U.S. regulations will discourage banks from trading sovereign bonds. ... more info |
| After receiving nearly half a trillion euros in cheap loans from the ECB last month, Europe's banks face a dilemma: to invest the money in lucrative but potentially risky government bonds or hoard the cash at a loss. ... more info |
| The European Commission intends to complain to Treasury Secretary Geithner that new U.S. regulations will discourage banks from trading sovereign bonds. ... more info |
| Hedge funds that in the last month or so have purchased an estimated $5.2 billion of beaten down Greek bonds that mature on March 20 are now trying to unload their positions. ... more info |
| Tentative talks begin in effort to prevent the European Central Bank from having to take a loss on its 55 billion-euro portfolio of Greek bonds. ... more info |
| It’s time not only to get out of most passive government bond funds (including most Target Maturity Funds that are holding bonds) but to sell them short (invest in bearish bond funds), writes Bill Donoghue.
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| Germany's latest offer of short-term debt and a French treasury-bill auction drew healthy demand but trading in Portuguese government bonds has virtually ground to a halt in recent days. ... more info |
| Germany's latest offer of short-term debt and a French treasury-bill auction drew healthy demand but trading in Portuguese government bonds has virtually ground to a halt in recent days. ... more info |
| Yields on U.S. Treasury bonds hit new highs of the year, with the 10-year note's yield rising to 2.069%. ... more info |
| In negotiations on restructuring Greece’s debt, the country and its private creditors disagreed over how much interest the new bonds would pay. ... more info |
| Monti said he has "very high" expectations that euro-zone countries will agree to pool their debt through jointly issued bonds, as Italy moved forward with plans to spin off Eni SpA's regulated natural-gas business ... more info |
| Traders reacted to disappointing earnings from Google and G.E., as well as improving prospects for a debt deal in Greece. ... more info |
| Treasury bonds lost ground Friday, wrapping up a bruising week that sent the benchmark 10-year yield above 2% for the first time in more than a week. ... more info |
| Credit Suisse said it has already placed with investors a "significant portion" of the billions of dollars of residential mortgage-backed securities it bought from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. ... more info |
| Greece and its private creditors were nearing an agreement on a deal to write down 50% of the face value of the country's debt by swapping existing bonds for new bonds with longer maturities and lower interest rates. ... more info |
| Treasury bonds were stung by some optimism that a debt-swap deal could be reached in the near term to avoid a potentially disorderly default by Greece. The benchmark 10-year yield rose above 2%. ... more info |
| At Nomura Holdings, two executives lost a battle with Tokyo headquarters for more control of Nomura's capital and influence over the direction of the firm. ... more info |
| The Federal Reserve Bank of New York sold a multibillion-dollar parcel of risky mortgage bonds Thursday to a unit of Credit Suisse Group AG in a deal that represents its single-largest sale of troubled assets since the financial crisis. ... more info |
| A compromise seems to be at hand over how much of a loss investors should take on just over 200 billion euros in Greek government bonds. ... more info |
| The strong demand and celebrity status for bonds troubles some investors and investment strategists. They sense that this great bond bull market will slow in 2012. Indeed, with more of their nest-egg tied to bonds, investors need to ask some hard questions.
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| Companies have sold $44.2 billion of bonds this year, the highest on record for the time period, according to Dealogic. ... more info |
| The Federal Reserve Bank of New York sold a multibillion-dollar parcel of risky mortgage bonds Thursday to a unit of Credit Suisse Group AG in a deal that represents its single-largest sale of troubled assets since the financial crisis. ... more info |
| The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Credit Suisse edged out three other bidders for $7.014 billion of residential mortgage-backed securities in the first sale from its Maiden Lane II portfolio since June. ... more info |
| Doug Peterson, the new president of Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, rebuffed criticism of the rating agency's downgrades of U.S. and European sovereign bonds. ... more info |
| Italy on Friday sold the maximum amount of bonds it had targeted, but data from the European Central Bank on overnight bank deposits showed that the market remained jittery. ... more info |
| Italy on Friday sold the maximum amount of bonds it had targeted, but data from the European Central Bank on overnight bank deposits showed that the market remained jittery. ... more info |
| Italy on Friday sold the maximum amount of bonds it had targeted, but data from the European Central Bank on overnight bank deposits showed that the market remained jittery. ... more info |
| Goldman Sachs recently approached the New York Fed and offered to buy a multibillion-dollar bundle of risky mortgage bonds that the Fed acquired in the 2008 bailout of AIG. ... more info |
| Stocks drove higher in the last hour and a half of trading after oil prices dropped below $100 a barrel for the first time this year. ... more info |
| Stocks traded slightly higher, as investors tried to reconcile an increase in American jobless claims with well-received auctions of European bonds. ... more info |
| Stocks traded slightly lower, as investors tried to reconcile an increase in American jobless claims with well-received auctions of European bonds. ... more info |
| European Union countries will need to sell billions of dollars in bonds every week in 2012 to replace existing debt, and policymakers and investors are watching debt auctions for signs of weakness. ... more info |
| The Philippines, Indonesia and other emerging-market countries have sold bonds at record-low yields this year, helped by improved economies and worries about euro-zone debt. ... more info |
| More global fund managers are venturing into the nascent market for yuan bonds sold outside mainland China, a trend that some hope will add liquidity to a market central to Beijing's effort to expand the use of its currency. ... more info |
| U.K. government bonds were among the top-performing sovereign-debt holdings last year, and some investors are betting on a repeat in 2012. ... more info |
| SABMiller Holdings brewed up the largest corporate-bond deal for the U.S. markets since last March, offering $7 billion worth of bonds to refinance short-term debt used in its takeover of Australian brewer Fosters late last year. ... more info |
| It’s only January, but it’s not too soon to start thinking about getting ready to do your taxes. Read our story today on how to get ready now for the upcoming deadline, plus find out about the IRS’s new offshore-account amnesty program, and on the investing front, find out why stocks will beat bonds over the next 20 years, all in today’s Personal Finance Daily.
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| A flight into safe-harbor Treasury bonds fizzled out, stung by a looming $66 billion in new government debt sales. ... more info |
| For long-term investors, equities may look scarier, but they seem to be poised for stronger returns over time. ... more info |
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| With so much volatility in stocks, many investors have increasingly favored the relative security of bonds and bond mutual funds. That may be a mistake, writes Jonathan Burton.
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| After flickering to life early in 2011, the market for subprime and other risky residential mortgage bonds has returned to its comatose state. Many investors believe a revival could be years away. ... more info |
| After flickering to life early in 2011, the market for subprime and other risky residential mortgage bonds has returned to its comatose state. Many investors believe a revival could be years away. ... more info |
| The selling on Treasurys following a strong U.S. jobs report was short-lived, with buyers worried about the euro zone's sovereign-debt crisis stepping in to buy bonds at cheaper levels. ... more info |
| Investors seem reluctant to put their trust in the long-term bonds of many euro zone governments. ... more info |
| Investors seem reluctant to put their trust in the long-term bonds of many euro zone governments. ... more info |
| Law firm Gibbs & Bruns said its investor clients seek an investigation into more than $19 billion of mortgage securities issued by Wells Fargo. ... more info |
| Yields on French bonds rose slightly at an auction Thursday, while problems in Italy and Hungary grabbed the attention of investors. ... more info |
| The IMF is conducting stress tests on Japanese banks to gauge how vulnerable they are to a potential drop in the value of their huge holdings of Japanese government bonds. ... more info |
| Major stock indexes held on to the previous day’s large gains even as the euro dropped sharply against the dollar. ... more info |
| A report on manufacturing in December fueled sharp gains on Wall Street on the year’s first day of trading, but volume was thin. ... more info |
A resolution to convert paper savings bonds to electronic bonds requires a data-entry commitment.
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| French government bond yields rose as worries persisted over the country's coveted triple-A rating and Spanish bonds suffered after the government signalled that the budget deficit would be higher than previously estimated. ... more info |
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| Bill Donoghue has said before that interest rates will inevitably rise and wipe out long-term bond investors. In the coming year, he predicts, rates will likely rise more than people think.
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| The European Central Bank stepped up its sovereign bond purchases last week but the weekly amount purchased remained significantly lower than the volumes seen in the previous four months. ... more info |
| MF Global unraveled thanks to a huge bet on European sovereign bonds that was part of CEO Jon Corzine's ambition to transform a sleepy commodities broker into an investment-banking powerhouse. ... more info |
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