Treasuries


‘Term Premium’ Sends a Message. Inflation Isn’t What Bond Investors Fear Most.

How high the premium goes reflects how much risk investors see. And right now, they see plenty.

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TIPS Ladders Offer Inflation-Adjusted Paychecks. The Math Behind Them Just Got Even Better.

The recent rise in interest rates boosts the annual payment to 4.8%.

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60/40 Portfolios Are Letting Investors Down. Here’s What to Do.

Balanced portfolios are supposed to help conservative investors grow their assets over time while smoothing some of the stock market’s volatility.

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Finding Jobs Is Taking Longer. Fed Economists See Recession Risks.

Unemployment remains historically low, but the way it is rising points to something more concerning beneath the surface.

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Short-Term Inflation Expectations Surge. They’re Stable for the Long Run

Median inflation expectations for the next year jumped to 3.6% in March from 3.1% in February, according to the New York Fed’s latest survey of consumer expectations.

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The U.S. Bond Market Just Had One of Its Worst Selloffs. How a Haven Turned So Volatile.

The 30-year yield gained 0.482 percentage points, its largest one-week gain since 1987, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

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Long-Term Treasury Bond Yields Are Spiking. Why It Won’t Last.

It’s the return of the bond conundrum.

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The U.S. Came Close to Financial Disaster This Week—and Could Come Close Again

The immediate market crisis over President Trump’s tariffs may have eased, but problems in the bond market could easily recur.

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Fed Officials Embrace Uncertainty as Tariff Chaos Roils Markets

For a central bank that prides itself on being data-driven, it is a tricky moment.

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Junk Bonds Suddenly Look Cheap. Why It’s Not Time to Buy.

Junk bonds pose a conundrum for investors: They’re cheaper than they’ve been in a long time, but are also riskier.

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U.S. Budget Deficit Widens to $1.3 Trillion as Interest on Public Debt Hits Record

The unadjusted number was a little more than $1 trillion in the comparable period a year earlier.

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30-Year Treasury Auction Showed Strong Demand. What It Means for the Bond Market.

Worries about demand for Treasuries were swirling following an overall strong 10-year auction.

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The Stock Market Is Frantic. You Shouldn’t Be.

Often the best course of action in a wild market is doing as little as possible.

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He’s One of Wall Street’s Biggest Bears. Where He’s Investing Now.

Strategist David Rosenberg sees ways to trade a tough market and capitalize off the downturn. What he likes now.

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Trump’s Tariff Pause Didn’t Stop the Selloff in Treasury Bonds

Stocks rallied but yields on bonds with long maturities still ended the day higher. That means bond prices declined.

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Home Buyers Rushed In Last Week as Mortgage Rates Fell. They’re Back Up to 7%.

If tariffs result in a recession that some economists are warning about, buyers could postpone purchases.

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Bond Market Calms as 10-Year Treasury Auction Sees ‘Very Strong’ Demand

Worries of a so-called busted sale had been rising.

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Treasury Yields Spike. Inside the ‘Basis Trade’ That’s Spooking Markets.

The basis trade is a favorite of hedge funds. It’s complicated, big, and very risky.

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Fed’s Daly: Don’t Expect Tariff-Induced Rate Cuts

The San Francisco Fed president said the central bank is in a strong position to hold steady and avoid overreacting to what she called “economic uncertainty.”

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Dollar, Bond Moves Are a Warning Sign of Bigger Risks to Come

Market volatility isn’t going away.

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Could This Turn Into a Financial Crisis? Here’s What 3 Economists Are Monitoring.

Many financial crises start with trouble in financial institutions. This time the Trump administration’s trade policy has sparked the market turmoil.

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Treasury Bonds Have Worst Selloff in 2 Years as Stocks Stabilize

Bond analysts at J.P. Morgan wrote late that the selloff reflected “concerns over rising deficits and weakened foreign demand.”

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White House Is Plowing Ahead Despite Market Fears

A top economic adviser says the administration plans to ‘double down’ in the face of tariff concerns.

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