Bonds

Tuesday's declines lifted yields by one to four basis points across maturities after Trump said he'd impose additional 10% tariffs on goods from China and 25% tariffs on all products from Mexico and Canada.

The bond-market selloff unleashed by Donald Trump's presidential victory last week ended almost as quickly as it began. 

Yields on both 10-year and 2-year Treasurys moved significantly higher after the Trump election victory and that's bad news for mortgage rates going forward.

Treasury yields fell sharply and the dollar weakened as investors pared bets on Republican Donald Trump prevailing in Tuesday's U.S. election.

Wall Street banks are expected to capitalize on ultra-low credit spreads and strong demand from investors after they report quarterly results.

After persisting for as long as two years in the U.S., the so-called inversion in yield curves — an unusual situation where rates on short-term debt exceed those of their longer-term counterparts — is unwinding in many parts of the world. 

Investors began pulling funds rapidly after it disclosed last month the departure of Chief Investment Officer Ken Leech amid Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission probes into its trading practices.

In trading ahead of the debate, Treasuries rallied as oil tumbled and after U.S. bank regulators released revised details on proposed bank-capital rule changes.

Treasuries have returned 1.7% this month through Aug. 28, on pace for a fourth straight monthly gain, according to the Bloomberg US Treasury Total Return Index.

Economists are also forecasting faster and deeper cuts to borrowing costs over the next year, and see the central bank reducing the policy rate from the current 4.5% to 3% by next July.

The Federal Reserve Chair's words were enough to send Treasury yields and the dollar lower and stocks higher on Friday as investors perceived a green light to take on risk. 

Wall Street strategists are recommending taking advantage of declines in market-based gauges of future inflation to build up protection on the cheap.

As Treasuries advance for a third-straight month, investors are fully pricing in at least two quarter-point rate reductions this year, slightly more than what policymakers have telegraphed.

Professionals also must grapple with the issue of wanting liquidity on assets in an era of low production.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s latest client survey showed that outright short positions in US Treasuries rose to the most since the start of the year in the week leading up to April 1.

The public retirement fund, one of the biggest in the US, said four years ago it would review all of its fossil-fuel holdings as it sought to reduce investment risks linked to climate change.

Stronger demand for auctions and the recent popularity of the 20-year could already be compelling the department to consider increasing the size the bank's strategists say.

The U.S. may be less rate-sensitive than other countries due to its long-term mortgages but could face tighter credit from hard-hit financial institutions.

The recent jump is the biggest increase since the run up in the early 1980s, when Paul Volcker's efforts to slay inflation pushed the 10-year yield to nearly 16%.