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Tag: Debt/Bond Markets

2024 Could Be the Year of the Yen
29Dec By adminNo Comments
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2024 Could Be the Year of the Yen

The Japanese yen has been one of the worst performing currencies of the past couple of years. It could do better in 2024.The yen has lost around 20% against the dollar since the end of 2021, underperforming other major currencies. Japan’s central bank kept its ultralow interest rates while most of its peers have been raising rates aggressively. Higher yields outside of Japan have driven the currency lower and lower.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Waving a Red Flag at Bond Bulls
22Dec By adminNo Comments
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Waving a Red Flag at Bond Bulls

The drop in long-term rates might seem excessive, but as long as investors’ expectation of low inflation readings isn’t proven wrong, it could continue.
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More Americans Than Ever Own Stocks
18Dec By adminNo Comments
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More Americans Than Ever Own Stocks

Listen to article(2 minutes)The share of Americans who own stocks has never been so high.About 58% of U.S. households owned stocks in 2022, according to the Federal Reserve’s survey of consumer finances released this fall. That is up from 53% in 2019 and marks the highest household stock-ownership rate recorded in the triennial survey. The cohort includes families holding individual shares directly and those owning stocks indirectly through funds, retirement accounts or other managed accounts.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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China Turns the Tables on Wall Street
13Dec By adminNo Comments
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China Turns the Tables on Wall Street

Updated Dec. 13, 2023 12:53 am ETChina is upending how the international financial system handles debt crises in the developing world. Wall Street isn’t happy.Large bond fund managers cried foul last month when China blocked their deal to salvage investments in defaulted Zambian debt. The smackdown came just weeks after Chinese officials brokered a private debt restructuring with Sri Lanka, outmaneuvering Western governments that were trying to do the same.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Double Trouble: Investors Fight the Fed on Two Fronts
8Dec By adminNo Comments
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Double Trouble: Investors Fight the Fed on Two Fronts

Updated Dec. 8, 2023 12:03 am ETInvestors are betting against the Fed—twice over. The first bet is the sudden turn from expecting the Federal Reserve to keep rates higher for longer to instead expecting rapid and deep cuts next year.The second bet is almost the exact opposite, that the Fed will have to keep rates much higher in the long run than it says it will. Treasury yields have come down, but at around 4.1% the 10-year yield remains more than 1.5 percentage points above the Fed’s forecast of long-run interest rates.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Rising Treasury Yields Pull Stocks Lower
4Dec By adminNo Comments
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Rising Treasury Yields Pull Stocks Lower

Updated Dec. 4, 2023 5:30 pm ETStocks, bonds and precious metals retreated Monday, reversing course after markets last week extended a monthlong stretch of gains. Higher bond yields weighed on shares of large technology companies, pressuring the broader stock market. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite lost 0.8%, and the benchmark S&P 500 dropped 0.5%. The Dow industrials slipped 0.1%, or 41 points, snapping a four-day win streak.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Rising Treasury Yields Pull Stocks Lower
4Dec By adminNo Comments
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Rising Treasury Yields Pull Stocks Lower

Stocks, bonds and precious metals retreated Monday, reversing course after markets last week extended a monthlong stretch of gains. Higher bond yields weighed on shares of large technology companies, pressuring the broader stock market. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite lost 0.8%, and the benchmark S&P 500 dropped 0.5%. The Dow industrials slipped 0.1%, or 41 points, snapping a four-day win streak.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Stocks Slip, Pausing November Rally
28Nov By adminNo Comments
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Stocks Slip, Pausing November Rally

U.S. stocks inched down Monday, interrupting their November rally.  The S&P 500 declined 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average pulled back about 57 points, or 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite edged less than 0.1% lower.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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