How high the premium goes reflects how much risk investors see. And right now, they see plenty.
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The recent rise in interest rates boosts the annual payment to 4.8%.
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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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Unemployment remains historically low, but the way it is rising points to something more concerning beneath the surface.
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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 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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It’s the return of the bond conundrum.
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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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For a central bank that prides itself on being data-driven, it is a tricky moment.
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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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The unadjusted number was a little more than $1 trillion in the comparable period a year earlier.
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Worries about demand for Treasuries were swirling following an overall strong 10-year auction.
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Often the best course of action in a wild market is doing as little as possible.
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Strategist David Rosenberg sees ways to trade a tough market and capitalize off the downturn. What he likes now.
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Stocks rallied but yields on bonds with long maturities still ended the day higher. That means bond prices declined.
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If tariffs result in a recession that some economists are warning about, buyers could postpone purchases.
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Worries of a so-called busted sale had been rising.
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The basis trade is a favorite of hedge funds. It’s complicated, big, and very risky.
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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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Market volatility isn’t going away.
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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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Bond analysts at J.P. Morgan wrote late that the selloff reflected “concerns over rising deficits and weakened foreign demand.”
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A top economic adviser says the administration plans to ‘double down’ in the face of tariff concerns.
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