Weak sentiment for risk was reflected in the auction of 10-year U.S. Treasury notes.
The chart displays the beating that a top-bracket buyer of Treasury notes can look forward to.
Yields on the U.S. 10-year Treasury notes edged a bit above its year-low point to 2.94%.
Yields on inflation-sensitive 10-year Treasury notes have fallen from 3.7% in February to about 2%.
In April 2010, the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes was as high as 4.01%.
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When first announced, this drove down the yield on 10-year Treasury notes to 2.5%.
Companies put money in short term Treasury notes and bills to settle trade payments.
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Pimco has 21% of assets in U.S. Treasury Notes maturing Sept. 21, Harbor 18%.
This occurs through Federal Open Market Committee activities where the Fed buys and sells short term treasury notes.
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Trustees, who must balance the interests of all heirs, often favor conservative, dividend-paying stocks, bonds and Treasury notes.
Ten-year Treasury notes may not be giving you enough comparative diversification benefits to justify their potential downside risk.
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Yields on 10-year Treasury notes are expected to rise from 3.0% this year to 5.3% in 2017 and beyond.
On one side are hedgers using the market to lock in, say, the price of corn or Treasury notes.
As of when he spoke, the yield on 10-year Treasury notes was 2.369%.
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When war with Britain broke out in 1812, the Treasury began issuing Treasury Notes, a paper banknote, to finance expenditures.
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Two Possible Reasons for the Rise in 10-Year Treasury Notes by Addison Wiggin originally appeared in the Daily Reckoning.
Printing Treasury Notes and getting other countries to make stuff in exchange is, of course, one way of cutting CO2 emissions.
U.S. 10-year Treasury notes hit a record low yield below 1.6% Thursday, to underscore the investor risk aversion in the market place.
Two-year Treasury notes were auctioned for a record low yield of 0.769%.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes yield fell to 4.07% from 4.10% late Wednesday.
Finally, its support of the financial system with massive asset purchases in frozen markets, including commercial paper, mortgage backed securities, and currently Treasury notes.
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Professor JOHNSON: Well, there would be less holding or less purchases by China of U.S. Treasury notes if there's an effect on that current account.
Grant suggests selling home builder stocks and buying short-term Treasury notes.
On average they think the yield on 10-year Treasury notes, a benchmark bond, will rise from 3.8% today to 4% to 4.5% by the end of the year.
Five-year Treasury notes, by contrast, had a -0.25 correlation with stocks.
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Many Fed watcher are expecting the committee to announce the purchase of long-term Treasury notes in order to keep interest rates down and stoke economic growth.
The yield on 10-year Treasury notes has been on downward path over 2011, falling from near 3.75% in February to a low at 1.72% in September.
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The Fed will exchange the Treasury notes for other securities, including federal agency debt, federal agency residential mortgage-backed securities and nonagency AAA-rated private-label residential mortgage-backed securities.
With yields on 10-Year Treasury notes declining to 1.84%, the high-yield REITs are looking even more attractive and these three appear to have completed short-term bottom formations.
If Japan's troubles continue, its banks may have to raise cash to meet critical international capital ratios by selling off their huge hoard of U.S. Treasury notes.
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