Treasuries

The president is expected to act early to choose a replacement for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

The currency is falling despite factors that ordinarily would support it.

The U.S. Treasury Department is selling $22 billion worth of bonds maturing in 30 years on Thursday.

It was a fourth consecutive robust offering.

Bond yields and prices have been in a holding pattern in recent days. That could change.

The job market is slowing. Worry about prices persists.

Investors should pay attention to where the government is spending our tax dollars, but that doesn’t mean chasing returns based on political movements.

Investment advisors weigh in with the market moves they are making in the trade-war era.

It may be less like a crack and more like a slowly leaking balloon.

Economists are expecting a modest net gain in employment in May, but the bond market appears to be pricing in a weaker result.

The median call among 17 banks and investment groups is for the index to end the year at 5950 points, 0.3% lower than Wednesday’s closing level.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note has been moving largely higher since late April, though it fell on Wednesday.

There are plenty of relatively safe options for income despite all of the recent turmoil. 

The latest data suggest slowing economic growth with the potential for faster inflation.

Stocks gained about 6% in May as 10-year rates rose 24.5 basis points, or hundredths of a percentage point.

“There is a great deal of uncertainty out there, making it quite difficult to forecast with confidence,” the Atlanta Fed president wrote in a letter published Tuesday.

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The former Fed governor is widely viewed as one of the president’s top choices to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell next year.

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee,” Muhammad Ali used to say. “The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.”

The yield on 30-year Treasury inflation-protected securities is at the highest level since 2010. Why this longtime Treasury bear sees opportunity.

A breakout from a 21-year base would signify the start of a new long-term cycle of much higher Treasury bond yields.

The U.S. is selling $183 billion of debt, while Japan is selling 40-year bonds following a poorly received auction of 20-year paper.

The Big Beautiful Bill makes for ugly deficit math. That’s one of many factors pushing up long-term Treasury yields.

BlackRock manager Russ Brownback is broadly bullish, suggests avoiding long-duration bonds, and believes the junk market is healthy. He sees a golden age for income.

Plenty of cynics focused on the government bonds’ levels and the impact of U.S. fiscal profligacy this week.