Asian banks in Singapore and China pay about the same as a U.S. Treasury bond.
Interestingly, Roubini says that the downgrade could actually be positive for U.S. bond markets.
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The trade is still miniscule compared to the more liquid U.S. government bond market.
The yield on the 30-Year U.S. Treasury bond inched up to 1.812% from 2.806% last week.
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The yield on the 30-Year U.S. Treasury bond declined to 2.868% from 2.934% last week.
The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an investment-grade domestic bond index.
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The yield on the 30-Year U.S. Treasury bond declined to 2.825% from 2.955% last week.
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When the Dow declines over 470 points in a day, U.S. bond prices rise by nearly 1%.
Roach says cheap Chinese imports create "headwinds" against inflation and that rising U.S. bond prices wisely reflect that.
The yield on the 30-Year U.S. Treasury bond rose to 2.833% up from my semiannual pivot at 2.730%.
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In summary, total bond market indices are not the total U.S. bond market.
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"Wal-Mart is a company that wants to aggressively expand world-wide, " Mr. Bond said.
Moreover, does buying a 10-year U.S. Treasury bond at 3.00% really excite you?
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Mr. Phillips finished in second place with 61.34 points and Mr. Bond's 76.27 points were good enough for third.
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It was talking of a spread of near 400 or 600 basis points over the equivalent U.S. 10-year bond.
And the Fed is holding the piece of paper labeled U.S. Treasury bond.
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That is enough to gobble nearly one-third of the recent 1.94% yield on the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
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Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond ETF ( VGLT) seeks to provide a diversified exposure to the long-term U.S. government bond market.
What prevented a ValuEngine Valuation Warning was the fact that the yield on the 30-Year U.S. Treasury bond was lower.
For example, it might buy platinum and sell silver, or buy a thirty-year U.K. bond and sell a ten-year bond.
Larger cap stocks benefitted a little in 2011 as the recipients of safe-haven sentiment, similar to the U.S. Treasury bond market.
The key boost for Vanguard's fund in 2011 lies in the strong performance in the U.S. Treasury bond market this year.
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The Fed's asset purchases help keep down U.S. bond yields, and higher U.S. yields could also push up yields on Japanese bonds.
Earlier in the session stock market values fell sharply and anchored gold, while the U.S. dollar rose and U.S. bond yields fell.
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The new global index, which the new ETF is supposed to track, was being compared to U.S. stock and bond returns only.
He turned that down to decipher the equally mysterious U.S. bond market.
Analysts have long wondered how those nations would ever be able to downsize or diversify their U.S. bond holdings without devastating markets.
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The benchmark 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield fell to 3.163% last week from 3.23% a week ago, which improved the fundamentals slightly.
If you are interested in index funds, it is likely that you own shares in a U.S. total bond market fund or ETF.
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Disclosure of links to such countries as Iraq or Iran could hobble their ability to raise money in the U.S. equity and bond markets.
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