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Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: U.S. Inflation Data in Focus
Investors will be focused on inflation data from the U.S., eurozone and China as well as U.K. economic growth figures and trade data out of China.
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Bull market turns four next week. Rallies that make it this far usually keep going
With all the consternation around bond yields and energy prices, Wall Street could use some positive news.
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The Winning Stock Funds This Time Weren't Tech. They Were Energy.
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The options market is reminding investors there's a cure for rising bond yields - higher yields
The MOVE Index - the Treasury market's "fear gauge" - has reached heights that in the past suggested yields may have peaked, at least for now.
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The Treasury market is facing a crucial vote of investor confidence
Higher bond yields aren't only about inflation and the Iran war. But it means a higher cost of capital.
Energy
Oil and gas prices jump on Middle East shipping attacks, sending bond yields higher and stocks lower - as it happened
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Options traders start calling bottom on bond rout after 'bullet bid' 10-year auction
Calling a bottom in the nonstop U.S. Treasury bond sell-off might seem crazy, but a handful of options traders look increasingly willing to do it.
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France Is Veering Toward a Potential Debt Crisis, a Warning to the World
French bond investors are demanding sharply higher interest rates, a cautionary development for other high-debt countries.
Markets
Ray Dalio warns the stock market's cushion against rising bond yields is shrinking
Ray Dalio says earnings have cushioned stocks from rising bond yields, but that buffer is shrinking as he warns free cash flow could weaken.
Energy
Oil prices jump 5% on Middle East tensions and US hurricane threat
Global bond market sell-off continues and stocks fall amid reports White House has asked to see options for more strikes against IranBusiness live - latest upd…
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French bonds are suffering through their worst decade since 1803 - and investors are bracing for more pain
The spread between France's 10-year government bond and Germany's equivalent reached its widest last week in available Bloomberg data, dating back to 1990.
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Options traders are betting on a dramatic drop in interest rates
Recent options activity points to bullish positioning for long-term bonds and utilities.
Markets
Stocks are increasingly their own best hedge. This chart shows why.
For decades, investors concerned about stocks sought succor in the bond market. But these days, the best shield against an outbreak of volatility might just be…
Technology
Apollo, banks in talks to finance SpaceX's $40 billion Nvidia GPU purchase
Since SpaceX's record-breaking IPO in June, rates have sold off, and yields on its bonds have risen, along with other AI-related bonds.
Crypto
Bitcoin price drops to $82.7K October low as bond sell-off resumes on Iran nerves
Bitcoin fell below $83,000 to reach month-to-date lows as stocks reversed after all-time highs and bond yields spiked higher.
Macro
This part of the bond market offers compelling yields with minimal risk
You can earn good yields with very low price risk in ultrashort bond funds.
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US futures slip as oil prices and bond yields rise with markets awaiting latest Fed minutes
U.S. futures are lower as oil prices tick higher and the bond market climbs ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's latest minutes
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UK names 6 banks to lead first digitally native government bond
The DIGIT pilot will test distributed ledger technology and onchain settlement for UK sovereign debt, with issuance expected by the first quarter of 2027.
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Boomers' dividend stocks take beating as bond yields rise, with retirement income on the line
As interest rates and bond yields rise, dividend stocks many boomers rely on for income are taking a beating. There are ways to blunt the portfolio impact.
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Stocks are 'wearing noise canceling headphones': Is the market ignoring 2002-high bond yields?
Stocks are 'wearing noise canceling headphones': Is the market ignoring 2002-high bond yields?
AI
Unsure how long this AI bull has? Bonds now offer a cushion at the best values in years
See an AI-generated hypothetical portfolio derived from my TV talk and this column's archives.
Macro
Should I put my nest egg in a 30-year Treasury bond?
Risk comes in many forms, even with "safe" investments.
Markets
How quant funds beat the market by being 'early, contrarian and right'
Quantitative hedge funds have captured big trends in bonds and oil to outperform the stock market this year.
Investors see big opportunity in ferocious 2026 bond-market rout
The bond market rout of 2026 may be jolting markets, but it's also gaining a important following among savers and the risk averse.
Macro
The bond market sell-off is helping the dollar
But the strength of the greenback is not as reliable as in the past
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From Goldfinger To Goodwood: How One Man Built His Dream James Bond DB5
A seven-year-old's dream of owning a James Bond DB5 became reality nearly six decades later.
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What Bessent is now saying after bond yields didn't stop rising on 'I am the house' remark
In a televised interview with Axios, Treasury Secretary Bessent defended his department's record in the bond market and walked back his "I am the house" declar…
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The bond selloff is opening up rare opportunities for investors. Here is where to look, says one major bank.
The chief investment office at Standard Chartered said bond and money markets have been overly hawkish on the Federal Reserve.
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Omega Has New Bond Watches Even If There Isn't a New James Bond
With no new 007 actor named and no film in the near future, Omega has had to get creative to keep its lucrative spy watch train running.
