Showing posts with label US Treasury Bonds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Treasury Bonds. Show all posts

Tuesday 25 April 2023

Bonds, Explained Through SVB’s Collapse


Buying U.S. government bonds is among the safest investments you can make. In fact, people often put their college funds and retirement savings into bonds. In the midst of recession fears, bonds are often referred to as “risk-free” because there are only two ways you can lose money: 
  • The government defaults, which is almost certainly not going to happen, or 
  • You sell the bonds early at a loss, which contributed to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank 
This might make you wonder how safe bonds really are, so WSJ explains why they’re still a good investment.

Wednesday 26 January 2022

Why Bond Yields Are a Key Economic Barometer


U.S. government bond yields aren’t just a barometer of the economy, they also influence the cost of borrowing, from mortgages to student loans. WSJ explains how they work and why they’re so crucial to the economy.

Saturday 19 September 2015

It looks like banks might have rigged another huge market



From Business Insider –

“The market for US Treasury bonds may have been rigged.

That’s according to a federal antitrust lawsuit, first reported by Bloomberg's Alexandra Scaggs and Matthew Leising.

The plaintiffs — Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension Fund, represented by law firm Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan — claim that Treasury dealers including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley coordinated to manipulate primary market Treasury auctions.”

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