General market news On Monday morning, the 10-, 30-, and 2-year Treasuries opened at 2.81 percent, 2.96 percent, and 2.62 percent, respectively. The spread between the 2- and 10-year notes is again at its flattest level in this economic cycle. Historically, an inverted yield curve—where rates on the short end are higher than on the …
General market news On Monday morning, the yield for the 10-year Treasury opened at 2.85 percent, closer to the bottom of the range in which it had been trading in recent days. The yields for the 30- and 2-year Treasuries were 3.01 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively. Most parts of the curve opened at or …
General market news The yield on the 10-year Treasury jumped as high as 1.63 percent after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech on Friday, yet it was as low as 1.53 percent as the market tried to assess the meaning of the language in her speech. On Monday morning, the 10-year opened at 1.61 percent—its …
General market news The 10-year Treasury yield opened at 1.59 percent early Monday and quickly dropped to 1.54 percent. (It had opened last Monday at 1.50 percent.) The range of 1.58‒1.60 percent seems to be the ceiling for the 10-year, and we think this could continue for some time, as investors around the globe continue …
General market news The 10-year Treasury yield opened at 1.59 percent early Monday morning, after starting last week at 1.45 percent. The decent unemployment numbers released on Friday account for much of the move higher. The 30-year yield opened at 2.30 percent, up from 2.18 percent last Monday, and the 2-year yield at 0.73 percent, …
General market news The 10-year Treasury yield opened at 1.46 percent early Monday morning after reaching 1.56 percent on Friday. July was a bit of a roller coaster for Treasuries—the 10-year yield hit a new low of 1.31 percent early in the month before going as high as 1.62 percent a couple of weeks ago—but …