That, of course, coincides with a sharp drop in yields over the same period.
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Ten-year Treasuries are still yielding less than 3%, despite a recent rebound in yields.
Cathay's first-half loss was caused partly by a 17% fall in yields per passenger.
Still, over two-thirds of the drop in MBS yields resulted from falls in Treasury yields.
The recent rise in yields represents a significant waning of that threat up to this point.
This rise in yields tells me that QE2 is not working as the Federal Reserve had intended.
However, the recent decline in yields is consistent with the movement of Treasury yields when QE2 began.
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This confirms the uptrend in yields, line c, that goes back to the low in July 2012.
The fund got into this bet to capitalize on the tiny spread in yields between the two maturities.
And despite a rise in yields this year they do not offer as juicy returns as they did.
The spike in yields isn't only telling us that their debt is now perceived to be more risky.
"The pick-up in yields is a clear negative headline for Spain, " said Jo Tomkins, analyst at consultancy 4Cast.
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His comments come after heavy losses on the Milan stock market and a sharp rise in yields on Italian bonds.
Contrast the barely noticeable blip up in yields with the spring 2009 leap of 150 basis points in a few months.
The difference in yields between investment grade and junk bonds is meaningful.
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Serial adoption of new technologies produces a nearly constant increase in yields.
So clearly we have had this spike in yields, but that was sufficient to trigger good buying interest for Italian paper here.
In my judgment, these risky levels will set the low yields for this cycle and we will see a rise in yields.
On January 28th a sharp rise in yields on treasury bills caused the finance ministry to cancel an auction of government bonds.
If this level is overcome, it would be the first sign that a more significant low in yields could be in place.
Real, inflation-adjusted interest rates are negative, despite the recent bump in yields.
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There are plenty of other reasons offered for the rise in yields.
Further evidence that the mortgage giants were mostly responsible for the sharp rise in yields can be found in the interest-rate swaps market.
The last time we experienced that kind of increase in yields it took 27 years, but it could happen over just one year.
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