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2 charts that have one veteran trader spooked about 2016
It's time to start looking forward to a new year and what it might bring.Business Insider reached out to a bunch of smart people on Wall Street to get their takes on what they will be watching for in...
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Here's why Treasuries are the ultimate safe haven
The last 10 years have exposed a very important reality for any global asset allocator – US Treasury Bonds are the ultimate safe haven investment. For decades we have heard stories about how gold,...
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Bond guru Gary Shilling thinks the 10-year Treasury yield is heading to 1%...
Gary Shilling is talking about bonds again.This time in an interview with Bloomberg's Andrea Wong, Shilling — who was Merrill Lynch's first economist in the 1980s — is repeating his forecast that the...
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Investors own a staggering amount of bonds that offer almost nothing in...
There's a staggering amount of government bonds around the world with yields below zero.Fitch credit researchers crunched the data to find that $9.9 trillion in global sovereign debt had negative...
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Donald Trump gave us a reason to buy gold instead of Treasuries
Late last week, a man who’s very likely going to become a U.S. presidential candidate suggested that the U.S. government might consider negotiating a partial repayment with creditors. That is, a U.S....
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Here are the 17 countries that hold the most US debt
US sovereign debt is one of the safest assets in finance.But that safety was called into question this month by US presidential candidate Donald Trump, who suggested that the US could negotiate with...
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Here's why the collapse in global bond yields could cause a $1 trillion...
Worries about a massive crisis in the global bond market are starting to grow.Last week a note from Goldman Sachs warned that even a relatively small upward movement in US Treasury yields could spark...
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Here's what strong job growth means for bond investors
Key PointsRecent strong job growth has improved the odds the Federal Reserve will raise short-term interest rates in the coming months.This has potentially negative implications for the U.S. bond...
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Here are the 23 countries that hold the most US debt
US sovereign debt is one of the safest assets in finance.And, this month at least, also one of the most boring. Bloomberg News had a chart that showed"that the monthly trading range in 10 year US...
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Markets are acting like Janet Yellen just said nothing (SPY, SPX, DJI, IXIC,...
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's "biggest speech of the year" has come and gone. And traders are acting like they heard nothing groundbreaking.The main headline from Yellen's speech was that she...
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Stocks are down as expectations for an interest rate hike increase (WMT,...
US stocks are down slightly on Thursday while Treasurys are slipping as investors raise expectations for an interest rate hike. At 10:36 a.m. ET, the Dow was down 86.28 points (-0.47%), the S&P...
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The 19 countries that hold the most US debt
US sovereign debt is one of the safest assets in finance.At least, it has been historically.When US President-Elect Donald Trump takes office next week, he'll usher in a sharp shift in political tone...
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Gundlach says now is not the time to take big risks in the bond market
The U.S. dollar has been and will likely continue to be on a gentle weakening pattern, Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive at DoubleLine Capital, said on an investor webcast late on Tuesday.Gundlach, who...
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Gold hits a 1-month high
Gold is rising, and near its highest level for the year.The price of gold is currently at $1291.20, higher than it has been since November. The commodity is up 2.5% over the last year and 4.2% over the...
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A trading startup tackling a key problem in the world's most important market...
A new trading platform focused on hard-to-trade segments of one of the most important markets has raised $10 million from private investors.OpenDoor Securities will use the funds to improve its...
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GUNDLACH: 'Markets have been coiling' and there's one big thing that could...
To "bond king"Jeffrey Gundlach, the market hasn't simply been sitting still. It's been coiling.In other words, under a seemingly placid surface, the co-founder and CEO of DoubleLine Capital sees...
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Trump's approval rating is sending traders signals on a $14 trillion market
To get an idea of where the $14 trillion Treasury market is headed, look no further than President Donald Trump's approval rating.Treasury yields have been closely tracking the gauge of presidential...
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The market is nearing a crucial turning point that could crush stocks
Societe Generale says a 10-year Treasury yield above 2.5% could result in a US equity sell-off.US stocks are close to the most expensive on record, and their position of strength is increasingly...
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There's a better way to get rich than betting on bitcoin or FANG stocks
Treasury bills are the best way to get rich in the market, rather than investing in FANG stocks or bitcoin.Buying overvalued assets can work for a period of time, but ultimately investors should be...
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Short bets against the 10-year have never been this high
Short bets in 10-year Treasury futures rose to 939,351 contracts, the most ever.Hedge funds are behind the surge.The 3% mark on Treasury yields is key.The 10-year Treasury yield closed on Monday at...
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