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Bonds Get Wake-Up Call From ECB Warning

(Bloomberg) — European bondholders are coming to terms with the fact that this year’s devastating losses may have further to run in 2023. The worst-ever year for the region’s bonds is ending with one of the most brutal sell-offs in months, after a chorus of central bankers warned investors that interest rates will rise more […]

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Next Week Set to Be Most Active Period for High-Grade Issuance in December

(Bloomberg) — Investment-grade borrowers are expected to bring lots of new offerings next week to complete deals ahead of an anticipated holiday season slowdown. Dealers are calling for $10 billion to $15 billion in new bond sales, as the first full week of December is expected to be the most active period in the month. […]

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Bond Market Heads Into Treacherous Waters as Activity Subsides

(Bloomberg) — As the bond market limps toward 2023, it faces the prospect of a final bout of chaos, exacerbated by dwindling trading volume typical during the last weeks of the year. The most punishing time period on record for investors in US government bonds has also been one of the most volatile, with frequent […]

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Higher Rates Mean “Bonds Are Back,” JPMorgan’s Michele Says

(Bloomberg) — Investors are finding value in bonds for the first time in a decade as higher interest rates make fixed-income attractive, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Bob Michele. Yields on the benchmark Bloomberg bond aggregate index have soared to 4.7% from 1.75% at the end of 2021 as the Federal Reserve embarked on […]

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Most Turbulent Bond Market Since 2009 Braces for Fresh Jobs Jolt

(Bloomberg) — The bond market is bracing for more turbulence as a crucial reading on the still-tight US labor market is set to give traders a chance to reassess the Federal Reserve’s commitment to its aggressive path of interest-rate hikes. Fed officials underscored their focus on the domestic economy in the past few days, even […]

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Credit Market Moves Toward Breaking Point as Investors Flee, Sales Flop

(Bloomberg) — Credit markets are starting to buckle under pressure from soaring yields and fund outflows, leaving strategists fearing a rupture as the economy slows. Banks this week had to pull a $4 billion leveraged buyout financing, while investors pushed back on a risky bankruptcy exit deal and buyers of repacked loans went on strike. […]

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Epic Bond Collapse Is Met by a Growing Chorus It’s Time to Buy

(Bloomberg) — The worst bond rout in decades is drawing more investors to government debt, with JPMorgan Asset Management joining the growing camp of bulls. Longer-dated sovereign notes in most developed markets are starting to look appealing given that yields are at levels last seen in 2010, according to Arjun Vij, a money manager at […]

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No Escape From Biggest Bond Loss in Decades as Fed Keeps Hiking

(Bloomberg) — Investors who might be looking for the world’s biggest bond market to rally back soon from its worst losses in decades appear doomed to disappointment. The US employment report on Friday illustrated the momentum of the economy in face of the Federal Reserve’s escalating effort to cool it down, with businesses rapidly adding […]

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Bond Traders Dismiss Stock-Market Rally as Misguided Euphoria

(Bloomberg) — For just a moment Wednesday, so brief that if you blinked you may have missed it, the US Treasury curve inverted to levels not seen since Paul Volcker waylaid the economy with his fight to break inflation in the early 1980s. While you should only read so much into such a fleeting move, […]

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The Worst Is Yet to Come for US Credit Markets, Investors Say in Survey

(Bloomberg) — The ugliest year ever for US corporate-bond investors is expected to get uglier — and they only have the Federal Reserve to blame. With the central bank raising interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, nearly three quarters of those who responded to the MLIV Pulse survey said that tighter monetary policy […]

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Bond Investors Bet the Recession Trade Is Just Getting Started

(Bloomberg) — For all the volatility whipsawing the US bond market, traders are showing increasing confidence that the alarm bells warning of a recession will only get louder. The jump in consumer prices in June by another four-decade high reinforced the near-certainty that the Federal Reserve will keep tightening monetary policy aggressively, with markets placing […]

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Bonds Rally Everywhere in May With Bulls Saying Selloff Is Over

(Bloomberg) — Bonds in almost every corner of the $63 trillion global debt market are bouncing back as investors begin to see value once again in fixed-income assets. Global investment-grade debt has returned almost 1% in May, the first monthly gain since July, while US Treasuries are heading for their best month since November, according […]

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Wall Street Is Buying Treasuries Again in Bet Worst Is Over

(Bloomberg) — Across Wall Street, from BlackRock Inc. to T. Rowe Price Group Inc., some veterans of the bond market’s booms and busts are seeing signs that it’s safe to start buying again. Few are eager to call the bottom just yet, not with inflation still surging at a four-decade high and the Federal Reserve […]

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Bonds Suddenly Look Like a Smart Hedge Again Even After 12% Loss

(Bloomberg) — A few brave souls in the investing world are starting to move back into bonds to ride out an oncoming economic storm. While debt bulls on Wall Street have been crushed all year, market sentiment has shifted markedly over the past week from inflation fears to growth. Market-derived expectations of US price growth […]

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‘Peak’ U.S. Inflation Signal Eyed for Bond Market Turning Point

(Bloomberg) — Bond markets could be in for something of a rebound after their record plummet, with investors looking for signs that U.S. inflationary pressures have touched their peak. Global bonds have racked up a record straight nine months of losses, with April being the worst ever, according to data stretching back to 1990. But […]

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