Tag: U.S. 1 Month Treasury Bill
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What bull market for stocks? Investors are still sitting on a record pile of cash.
[ad_1] Even with U.S. stocks in a new bull market, investors aren’t showing many signs of backing away from money-market funds and other cash-like investments offering yields of about 5%, the highest in about 15 years. Money-market funds hit a record of $5.9 trillion in assets as of Tuesday, signaling a continuing drain out of…
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The debt-ceiling deal may spark a new worry: Who will buy the deluge of Treasury bills?
[ad_1] Now that the U.S. debt-ceiling fight finally is resolved, the Treasury is expected to unleash a flood of bill issuance to help refill its coffers run low by the protracted standoff in Washington, D.C., over the government’s borrowing limit. The question is, who will buy them and at what price? Treasury bills are debt…
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Is the U.S. stock market closed on Memorial Day?
[ad_1] The U.S. stock market is closed on Monday, May 29 for Memorial Day, as is the bond market, but the trading session for bonds also ended early Friday at 2 p.m. Eastern, ahead of the long holiday weekend. Investors have been glued to developments on the U.S. debt-ceiling impasse in recent days, with talks…
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3 things to know about markets and debt-ceiling fight as Memorial Day weekend nears
[ad_1] Financial markets are bracing for U.S. debt-ceiling talks to come down to the wire, putting the U.S. government dangerously close to a default, as the long Memorial Day weekend approaches. Stocks closed lower Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.77% posting a fourth straight session of declines, leaving the blue-chip index down…
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Treasury yields nudge higher as bets on July rate hike rise
[ad_1] Bond yields moved higher on Thursday as traders continued to discount debt-ceiling negotiations and Federal Reserve policy trajectory. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury TMUBMUSD02Y, 4.426% added 3.7 basis points to 4.419%. Yields move in the opposite direction to prices. The yield on the 10-year Treasury TMUBMUSD10Y, 3.759% rose 1.5 basis points…
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A U.S. default would destabilize the financial ecosystem, strategist warns
[ad_1] There won’t be many good options for investors to protect themselves from the shock waves unleashed in global financial markets if debt-ceiling talks in Washington fail and the U.S. government willingly defaults, according to Amar Reganti, fixed-income strategist at Hartford Funds. Wall Street has been paying close attention as the White House and top…
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Why First Republic’s rescue isn’t arresting a selloff in U.S. regional bank stocks
[ad_1] Stock-market investors didn’t get much time to enjoy a brief period of relief for stocks following JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s takeover of First Republic Bank. The seizure on Monday of troubled First Republic FRC and the subsequent takeover by JPMorgan Chase JPM failed to arrest a slide in U.S. regional bank stocks on Tuesday,…
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Debt ceiling worries are growing in markets. Here’s what might come next
[ad_1] Congress and the White House are likely to reach a deal to lift the U.S. debt ceiling, but only at the last minute, according to bond giant Pimco. With the standoff expected to go down to the wire, investors should brace for further market volatility before a debt-ceiling deal can be reached, said analysts…
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Debt-ceiling worries flare: Traders see June as month when government may run out of money
[ad_1] Debt-ceiling fears gained momentum on Tuesday as traders pulled forward their expectations about when the U.S. government might begin to be unable to pay its debts.Those worries were expressed via a selloff in the Treasury market’s most short-dated maturity: the 1-month T-bill BX:TMUBMUSD01M. On Tuesday, investors aggressively avoided the 1-month bill, sending its yield…