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Decoding the (Almost) 5% 10-Year Treasury Yield
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Decoding the (Almost) 5% 10-Year Treasury Yield

Updated Oct. 30, 2023 12:33 pm ETListen to article(1 minute)The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note touched 5% for the first time in 16 years last week, spurring debate about whether it has peaked or just taken another step in its long and disruptive climb.Treasury yields play a critical role in determining borrowing costs across the economy. Their nearly two-year surge has driven 30-year mortgage rates close to 8%, weighed on stocks and stirred anxieties that the surprisingly resilient economy could finally fall into a recession.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
‘Buy the Dip’ Investing Mantra Lives On—in the Bond Market at Least
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‘Buy the Dip’ Investing Mantra Lives On—in the Bond Market at Least

Oct. 28, 2023 11:00 pm ETListen to article(2 minutes)One of the hottest investments on Wall Street is something of a surprise—it’s a battered long-dated Treasury bond fund.Shares of the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF are near a 16-year low and have lost more than half their value from their 2020 peak, but investors are piling in. They added more than $2 billion to the fund on Tuesday and Wednesday alone, bringing its total inflows for the year to $21 billion.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
‘Buy the Dip’ Investing Mantra Lives On—in the Bond Market at Least
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‘Buy the Dip’ Investing Mantra Lives On—in the Bond Market at Least

Oct. 28, 2023 11:00 pm ETListen to article(2 minutes)One of the hottest investments on Wall Street is something of a surprise—it’s a battered long-dated Treasury bond fund.Shares of the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF are near a 16-year low and have lost more than half their value from their 2020 peak, but investors are piling in. They added more than $2 billion to the fund on Tuesday and Wednesday alone, bringing its total inflows for the year to $21 billion.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Tips About TIPS: Inflation-Proof Your Retirement Savings Now
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Tips About TIPS: Inflation-Proof Your Retirement Savings Now

It’s hard to find a more confusing “safe” investment than the government bonds called TIPS, for Treasury inflation-protected securities—and that includes the taxes on them. But people who avoid them now could be making a mistake, especially if they’re facing retirement.  No wonder investors are bewildered. TIPS say they offer inflation protection, but last year, when inflation roared, many holders of funds with longer-term TIPS had steep negative returns. That’s because TIPS, like other bonds, suffer when interest rates rise.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
U.S. Lifts Broad Sanctions Against Venezuela for Six Months
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U.S. Lifts Broad Sanctions Against Venezuela for Six Months

The Biden administration late Wednesday announced the removal of a broad array of sanctions against Venezuela’s oil and gas sector in response to a deal between President Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarian government and his political opponents that could lead to a presidential election next year.The U.S. Treasury Department suspended for six months measures against Venezuela that had prohibited financial transactions in the country’s energy sector and gold mining industry. The measure also ended a ban on trading Venezuelan government bonds. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Wall Street’s Latest Obsession Is an Unknowable Number
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Wall Street’s Latest Obsession Is an Unknowable Number

Updated Oct. 18, 2023 12:06 am ETInvestors and Federal Reserve officials scrambling to make sense of surging U.S. Treasury yields have a new obsession: a number that exists only in theory.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Wall Street’s Latest Obsession Is an Unknowable Number
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Wall Street’s Latest Obsession Is an Unknowable Number

Updated Oct. 18, 2023 12:06 am ETInvestors and Federal Reserve officials scrambling to make sense of surging U.S. Treasury yields have a new obsession: a number that exists only in theory.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8