Barrons - Investor Chorus Grows: Time for Fed to Back Off Rate Hike Plans
With economic numbers coming in weak, the stock market cratering and the yield curve flattening, more fixed-income strategists are calling on the Fed to change its plans for hiking rates pronto. Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s biggest hedge fund got the most headlines when he …
Reuters - TREASURIES: Long-dated yields rise on reduced global growth concerns
Long-dated U.S. Treasury yields rose on Tuesday as worries eased over global growth, leading traders to sell some safe-haven U.S. government debt, while caution ahead of Friday’s U.S. jobs data kept yields in tight ranges. U.S. shares stabilized on Tuesday after falling on Monday, when weak Chinese economic data fanned fears of …
http://in.reuters.com/article/usa-bonds-idINL1N14P10E20160105
Wall Street Journal - Rate Rally Fizzles as Dow Ends Week With Slide
In the two days after the Federal Reserve gave investors exactly what they expected, the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its steepest loss since a late-August plunge. The back-to-back selloff erased 621 points from the blue chips—sending the Dow to its lowest level in two months and wiping out a three-session …
http://www.wsj.com/articles/rate-rally-fizzles-as-dow-ends-week-with-slide-1450484840
Marketwatch - Treasury Yields Fall to 2-Week Low as Market Braces for Rate Hike
Treasury yields declined Thursday to their lowest level in nearly two weeks, as fresh U.S. economic data were deemed solid enough to keep a December interest-rate hike on the table. The fall in yields comes a day after Federal Reserve policy makers signaled Wednesday that they were confident …
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/treasury-yields-fall-as-market-braces-for-rate-hike-2015-11-19
Barrons - Spread Between Foreign Bonds and U.S. Treasuries Gets Wider
Investors worried about rising rates can take solace in one fact — the higher U.S. government bonds trade, the better they look to foreign investors. Yield spreads between Treasuries and foreign bonds are reaching peak levels this week. That means demand for U.S. Treasuries from foreign buyers and should increase — …
Reuters - U.S.-based bond funds attract most cash since June in latest week -ICI
Investors in U.S.-based mutual funds poured $3.9 billion into bond funds in the week ended Oct. 28, the most since late June, partly on expectations that the Federal Reserve would hold off hiking rates until next year. The inflows also marked the funds’ third straight week of new …
http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-mutualfunds-ici-idUSL1N12Z2I320151104#MVxXHw0PwWbX8I42.97
Reuters - TREASURIES: Yields Fall After U.S. Data Supports 2016 Fed Rate Hike View
U.S. Treasury yields hit their lowest levels in over a week on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales and producer prices data supported views the Federal Reserve would delay a rate hike until 2016. The Commerce Department said retail sales edged up 0.1 percent last month, below expectations for …
http://www.reuters.com/article/markets-bonds-usa-idUSL1N12E1WH20151014
Gulf Times - Expert Who Predicted Aussie Low Says Commodity Currency Rally Has Legs
After correctly predicting Australia’s dollar would rally back from a China-fuelled slump, Nader Naeimi at AMP Capital Investors is among those betting the worst is over for now for a range of commodity currencies. The Australian, New Zealand and Canadian dollars, along with Norway’s krone, are this month’s best-performing …
http://www.gulf-times.com/story/458280/Expert-who-predicted-Aussie-low-says-commodity-cur
Marketwatch - Treasurys Extend Rally After Jobs Data Disappoint
Friday’s disappointing jobs report fueled sharp Treasury gains, extending a two-week rally and further pulling down yields as investors continued to flock to U.S. government debt amid faltering stock markets and worries over a global growth slowdown. Treasurys have been gaining ground since the Federal Reserve in mid-September left interest rates unchanged. The …
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/treasurys-extend-rally-after-jobs-data-disappoints-2015-10-02
Reuters - US STOCKS: Wall St Slips as Jobs Data Arouses Growth Concerns
U.S. stocks were weaker but well of their lows on Friday morning as a disappointing jobs report raised doubts about the strength of the labor market and whether the economy was robust enough for an interest rate hike. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 142,000, below the 203,000 that economists had expected, …
http://uk.reuters.com/article/markets-stocks-usa-idUKL3N1222OG20151002