Who is buying long-dated Treasury bonds? It’s a question worth exploring, given the highly unexpected nature of the breakout. Today, a few theories as to what might be behind it.
Inigo Montoya: ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
... the 20+-year Treasury bond ETF.
Given Mr. Market’s rose-colored glasses, it is fairly bizarre to see long bonds breaking out to the upside here. Why? Because when long bonds move higher, long-term ...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
... its sale of $37 billion worth of 3-year notes. The U.S. will offer $15 billion in 30-year bonds on Thursday. The offerings are part of the government's quarterly refunding.”
These three Treasury offerings ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
... prone to trusting the numbers out of Washington. I don’t, so I can’t say I was much taken aback.
By 8:19 a.m., I have a wire service note on my desk noting that U.S. Treasury Bond prices are down and ...
Thursday, August 06, 2009
The government conducted a sale of $39 billion of notes, the largest auction of 5-year note auction ever.
From Susanne Walker and Daniel Kruger Bloomberg:
July 29 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury notes fell ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
... restore economic stability and get growth back on track.
Sitting beside U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan made clear at the start of the concluding day of the ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
... all grown up,” as Trent from Swingers might say.
The latest figure – a towering $23.7 trillion – comes from no less an authority than Neil Barofsky, the “special inspector general for the Treasury ’s ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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The report criticizes the Treasury Department the most for its unwillingness to adopt some of his recommendations.
Read the full article.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
... foreign investors have sold $22.5 billion in U.S. debt in May.
Reuters (via CNNMoney) reports, “Foreign investors sold U.S. Treasury s in May, as investors grew more comfortable with risky trades ...
Monday, July 20, 2009
... U.S. Treasury notes into Switzerland.
This episode has sent the global financial establishment into dyspeptic fits. Many suspected the U.S. Treasury of cutting an unannounced side deal with Japan ...
Monday, June 22, 2009
The U.S. Treasury announced it would auction off $104 billion worth of bonds. According to CNBC, “The sales will exceed the previous record of $101 billion set in auctions that took place in the ...
Friday, June 19, 2009
... Treasury yields to their highest level this year on concern that rising U.S. debt has hurt T-bill demand among big holders of U.S. dollar reserves.”
Indeed, India and China could be buying even more ...
Thursday, June 11, 2009
... it. A Volkswagen spokesman told The New York Times that VW wants to “create an integrated group of 10 brands, including Porsche.”
Treasury Notes Increase After Record-Tying Three-Year Auction ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it was allowing 10 banks to pay back their TARP loans. The total amount approved by the department is $68 billion, reports Bloomberg.
“The U.S. Treasury ...
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds climbed today. The 10-year bill yield jumped 5.25% to 3.65%.
Rising yields could spell disaster for the U.S. recovery. Here’s why…
CNNMoney’s Catherine Clifford ...
Monday, June 01, 2009
After Wednesday’s massive selloff, U.S. Treasury yields bounced back on Thursday.
“Treasury prices gained Thursday, reversing some of Wednesday’s dramatic jump, as investors found bonds attractive after ...
Friday, May 29, 2009
Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), announced today that rates have been cut 25-basis points to 1%, the lowest rate in the bank’s 10-year history.
Most leaders don’t think ...
Thursday, May 07, 2009
In part two of "Turbo Timmy's Sneaky Scam," Justice looks at the ways and means by which a giant Treasury -orchestrated con job might succeed.
In part one of this series on Friday, we talked about ...
Monday, March 30, 2009
In prepared testimony for the House Financial Services Committee, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner proposed sweeping new financial market regulations.
These new reforms seek to limit the amount of ...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
On close inspection, there are only two possibilities for the Geithner “Rescue Plan”: It’s an honest effort doomed to fail... or a blatant scam that just might work.
Treasury Secretary Geithner, we ...
Friday, March 27, 2009
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MarketWatch elected to play it straight in their headlines: “Treasury yields drop most since 1987,” they said, following that up with “Dollar plunges after Fed says it will buy Treasuries.”
Not only ...
Friday, March 20, 2009
On Monday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released its Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for January 2009. The TIC tracks the international purchases of U.S. securities like Treasury bills. ...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
... M. Smith, E-Commerce & Customer Satisfaction Director
Originally published January 30, 2009.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
... Times piece. Known for their “risk-free return” in more normal times, Grant observes that U.S. Treasuries (or USTs for short) now offer “return-free risk.”
Treasury buyers, in other words, choose to ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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When asked if this meant they had run out of bullets, Bernanke implied they could always simply inject money directly into the system by buying billions of dollars worth of Treasury bonds.
This is ...
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Immediate action required: Section 8 of the Paulson Proposal will make the Treasury Secretary the most powerful man in the country!
“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are ...
Thursday, September 25, 2008
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They may have official titles like “U.S. Treasury secretary,” “chairman of the Federal Reserve,” and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York”… but you probably should get used to the idea of ...
Monday, September 22, 2008
As you may have noticed, gold and silver have been on a tear lately.
The good news is, it’s not too late to protect yourself -- and get some big upside to boot -- by buying gold. The uptrend in gold ...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
