Bonds


Why It Might Be Time to Buy Treasury Bonds

Higher prices at the pump could cause a consumer spending or hiring slowdown, pressuring the economy. And that, in turn, would highlight the safe haven aspect of Treasuries.

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Bonds Are Giving Stocks a Helping Hand. Why That’s Not a Good Thing.

Stocks have risen each Monday since the war began, but losses have always followed.

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Bonds Set for Poor Month. Weak Auctions and High Oil Prices Weigh on U.S. Debt.

Rising oil prices and weak auctions have pummeled Treasuries in March.

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Bond Market Charts Send Clear Signal: Interest Rates Likely to Climb

Technical indicators say higher interest rates are coming later this year.

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Why the Dollar Could Be an Iran War Winner—and What Happens If It Isn’t

An analyst who argues a victory for President Donald Trump will ultimately cement the greenback‘s role as the world’s dominant currency

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A Housing ‘Reset’ Is Coming. Buy These 5 Stocks, This Analyst Says.

There’s plenty of pent-up demand while an increase in home inventory could lead to lower prices, a Benchmark analyst says.

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How Bonds Ended the Civil War—and Led to the Rise of J.P. Morgan

From its earliest days, critics have accused investment bankers of profiteering at the expense of ordinary people.

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KB Home’s Lower Estimates Drag Builder Stocks. It Might Not Be as Bad as It Looks.

The housing market is likely to see higher demand over time, one analyst notes.

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Apollo Caps Cashouts at Its $25 Billion Debt Fund. Why Investors Are Rushing for the Exit.

The latest private-debt fund to limit redemptions by its wealthy investors is the $25 billion Apollo Debt Solutions.

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Why This Is ‘One of the Riskiest Moments of the 21st Century’

Stocks are falling, oil is surging, and the Fed is no longer likely to provide rate cuts. For now, cash is the only haven.

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Higher Oil Prices Have Pummeled Stocks. Rising Treasury Yields Are Also Hitting Hard.

Yields on the 2-year note suggest the Federal Reserve won’t be cutting rates for a very long time.

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Oil and the Fed May Be Too Much for the Stock Market to Bear

Echoes of the 2022 bear market are starting to ring on Wall Street.

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March Is a Game of Two Halves for Stock Market. Investors Bet on a Comeback This Month.

History suggests the second half of March is a winner for the stock market.

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Nebius Stock Falls 12% on Bond Offering. Citi Calls It a ‘High Risk’ Buy.

The neocloud announces plans to raise $3.75 billion through convertible bonds to help fund its data-center buildout.

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Stocks Can’t Recover While Oil Prices Surge. Why the Fed’s Unlikely to Help.

Nvidia’s Huang predicts $1 trillion in hardware sales, government bonds will keep selling off, Nebius strikes a second big AI deal, and more news to start your day.

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Treasuries and Other Government Bonds Will Keep Selling Off, BlackRock Says. These Risks Are Lurking.

Bond investors shouldn’t be surprised by steeper losses because of inflation driven by higher prices for oil, AI chips, and military spending.

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Has the Stock Selloff Ended? Wall Street Sees Value but Remains Focused on Oil Markets.

The S&P 500 looks cheap. Is it time to buy?

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It’s Been a Wild Week for Stocks. Investors Are Seeking Protection.

The benchmark S&P 500 has fallen around 3% since the first wave of U.S.-led attacks on Iran at the end of February.

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The Stock Market Needs More Than Oracle Earnings to Forget About the Iran War

Oracle is soaring but so are oil prices. The latter means more to the stock market now.

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First-Time Homebuyers Return. For How Long?

These buyers represented 34% of sales in February, one of the largest shares in five years, a trade group says.

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Stock Markets Are Following the Trump Crisis Playbook

President Donald Trump sees the war in Iran ending ‘very soon,’adding that oil prices will decline quickly and shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz would return to normal.

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The Stock Market’s Many Concerns Extend Beyond Historic Oil Prices

Stocks are bending, but not yet breaking, in the face of the historic oil price surge.

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Emerging Markets Have Become a Fixed-Income Darling. The War in Iran Could Change That.

Whether the emerging markets bull run continues will depend on how much the rise in oil prices threatens the global economy.

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You Might Still Have a Shot at Mortgage Rates Below 6%. Timing Is Trickier Than Usual.

Those watching for signs of the direction of mortgage rates should watch the 10-year Treasury yield, a benchmark for mortgage rates that moves with economic expectations.

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Oil Prices Are Wagging the Stock Market Dog as Iran War Enters Its Seventh Day

Wall Street remains focused on oil prices this week—and likely for the foreseeable future.

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