Emerging market bonds are showing signs of stress, fresh evidence that investor interest in some of the world’s riskiest debt may be cooling down after a long rally.
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Treasurys Regain Strength
U.S. government bonds strengthened, extending weekly gains as investors took advantage of lower prices following a modest selloff on Thursday.
Some of the largest bond trading firms on Wall Street boosted profits by colluding to set prices at auctions of government debt, according to an amended complaint to a lawsuit filed by a group of investors.
U.S. government bond prices fell Thursday, retracing a portion of their recent gains as investors recovered some appetite for riskier assets.
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U.S. Government Bond Yields Fall With Global Stocks
U.S. government bond prices climbed as investors shed stocks from Europe to Asia while scooping up assets seen as safe.
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Venezuelan Bonds Fall After Default Determination
Venezuelan bonds, already trading at distressed levels, fell on Tuesday after a credit-rating firm a day earlier declared the nation in default on missed interest payments.
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Treasurys Strengthen
U.S. government bonds strengthened as investors sold stocks and looked to put money in safer assets.
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High-Yield Canary Isn’t Singing About Markets Doom
An autumn pullback in the junk-bond market is centered in the telecommunications sector, where fierce competition for users is pressuring the finances of many large debt issuers.
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U.S. Government Debt Fluctuates
U.S. government bonds edged lower as investors assessed the status of negotiations on the Republican tax overhaul plan in Congress and awaited inflation data due later this week.
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Yield-Hungry Investors Follow Their Appetites to Egypt
Bond-fund managers and other investors have poured money into Egyptian government debt this year, following a sharp drop in the Egyptian pound that made the debt more attractive to foreign buyers.
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China Bond Yields Jump as U.S. Selloff Spooks Investors
Chinese government-bond yields rose to a fresh three-year high, after a selloff in U.S. Treasurys that further worried investors already concerned about Beijing’s battle on debt.
U.S. government bonds pulled back Friday, notching a weekly loss, as investors maintained focus on the ongoing debate in Washington over a tax overhaul.
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U.S. Government Bonds Settle Lower
U.S. government bonds settled lower after forecasts for European growth improved while the Republican tax overhaul plan encountered potential obstacles.
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Treasury Will Sell $89 Billion in Debt
The U.S. Treasury Department will auction $89 billion in securities next week, comprising $36 billion in new debt and $53 billion in previously sold debt.
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Treasurys Feel Pull of German Gravity
Aggressive stimulus efforts in Europe push overseas investors to U.S. looking for higher returns, helping cap yields.
Holders of Venezuelan-bond default insurance are trying to collect, contending that the state-owned oil company failed to make a recent payment.
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Treasury Prices Edge Lower Wednesday
U.S. government bond prices edged lower Wednesday as an auction of 10-year notes showed limits to investors’ recent appetite for Treasurys.
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U.S. Government Bonds Edge Higher in Quiet Session
U.S. government bonds inched higher as a dearth of data on the economic calendar shifted investors’ attention to developments in Washington.
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Treasurys Extend Recent Gains
U.S. government bonds strengthened Monday, picking up where they left off last week as investors continued to reassess assumptions that led them to sell bonds for much of the previous two months.
Venezuelan bonds tumbled after President Nicolás Maduro said the cash-strapped nation would seek to restructure its debt, confounding bondholders and analysts who say there is no clear way forward because of U.S. sanctions.
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