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Discussion Here! 01/08/16 Market, US Treasuries Faded NFP-Inspired Momentum
Dear all, Can any of you share any insights on today's market?? It is really surprising and worth discussing. Before NFP, Market was very risk averse showing typical safe haven momentum, with appreciation in Gold, JPY, US Treasuries and EUR. US Treasuries are not at a cheap price compared to the...
AAA Corps and the Flow of Risk-Off Trading
The other day, I had the opportunity to attend a presentation by an analyst who’s focus is in Rates Trading. During the presentation, he talked about the future outlook of US Tsys and what that said about the US Government’s future relating to its credit rating and debt/gdp ratio. The most...
Where is the safe haven?
Whenever the U.S. markets have a significant negative move like what we saw on Friday (DJIA -2.22%, S&P 500 -2.46%), we are used to hearing that money is being allocated to “safe havens”, most notably the United States Treasuries. But with ten year treasury rates hovering around a percent and a...
Treasury Question
If the Fed raises the federal funds rate tomorrow, which price will decrease more, the 30 year or the 2 year treasury? The 30 year has a longer duration and therefore its price fluctuates more for a certain interest rate change. But I thought the Fed can only influence short term rates, so a 30 year...
The Trouble With Bonds
The U.S. deficit and the Treasury bonds which must be sold to fund it are beyond comprehension. The trouble with bonds (the U.S. Treasury variety, among others) is simple: there's too many of them being issued. Given that every government on the planet except Lower Slobovia is issuing unprecedented...
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