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Trump bigger than Brexit

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... indices flipped positive in early trading Wednesday after Trump's conciliatory acceptance speech. Meanwhile, US Treasury yields were higher with a steeper curve, and the dollar was little changed versus most of its currency rivals. Not bigger than Brexit ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... finished a choppy session little-changed as a big General Electric asset sale offset worries about spiking US treasury yields. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.51 points (0.01 per cent) to 17,764.04 on Tuesday, while the broad-based S&P 500 added ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... index plummeted to 88.6 in May from 95.9 in April. Offsetting these data were the pullback in the US dollar and US Treasury yields, Hogan said. Netflix rose 4.5 per cent following reports it is in talks with a Chinese partner backed by Alibaba founder ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... dollar. US dollar gains could more than make up for bond losses. Besides Japan's Treasury purchases would keep Treasury yields low while at the same time pushing the US dollar up further. Add in the ECB and all other central banks that have pushed their ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014
... said the world's biggest economy added just 74,000 jobs in December, well below the 197,000 expected by analysts. Treasury yields fell, suggesting the market thought the jobs report meant the US Federal Reserve will avoid aggressively scaling back its ...

Benchmark bond funds worst choice for Aussie investors

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... valuations to fall-as global volatility continued. "Just recently we've seen Australian bond yields following US Treasury yields higher on expectations that the US Federal Reserve will begin tapering its economic stimulus program from September," Martier ...

Strong US recovery to send bond yields through the roof

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
A faster and stronger-than-expected recovery in the US could send 10-year Treasury yields soaring to 10%, according to Magellan Financial Group chief executive officer and portfolio manager Hamish Douglass. In a presentation to advisers and other clients ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... report reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve would soon begin tapering its bond-buying program, and sent US Treasury yields sharply higher. But, after a mid-morning dip, stocks pulled back and stayed higher through to the close.. LONDON - European ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... the day decisively lower on concerns about the Chinese economy but rallied well above their intraday lows as US Treasury yields retreated. At the closing bell on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 139.54 (0.94 per cent) to 14,659.86. The broad-based ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Generally, this research finds that the Federal Reserve's large-scale purchases have significantly lowered long-term Treasury yields. For example, studies have found that the $1.7 trillion in purchases of Treasury and agency securities under the first ...