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Line graph illustrating the yields of 30-year US Treasury bonds over 1994. Yields for these bonds rose from 6.17% on January 12 to 8.16% on November 4. In 1993, the bond market was enjoying a relatively bullish run following a recession that plagued many industrialized nations several years earlier. [6]
A bond's market value at different times in its life can be calculated. When the yield curve is steep, the bond is predicted to have a large capital gain in the first years before falling in price later. When the yield curve is flat, the capital gain is predicted to be much less, and there is little variability in the bond's total returns over ...
An important part of the bond market is the government bond market, because of its size and liquidity. Government bonds are often used to compare other bonds to measure credit risk . Because of the inverse relationship between bond valuation and interest rates (or yields), the bond market is often used to indicate changes in interest rates or ...
Black Monday (also known as Black Tuesday in some parts of the world due to time zone differences) was a global, severe and largely unexpected [1] stock market crash on Monday, October 19, 1987.
The yield gap between the S&P 500 and Treasurys is the widest it's been since 2002, highlighting the stock market's lost valuation edge. One chart shows why both stocks and bonds are tanking at ...
Federal Reserve Web Site: Federal Funds Rate Historical Data (including the current rate), Monetary Policy, and Open Market Operations; MoneyCafe.com page with Fed Funds Rate and historical chart and graph ; Historical data (since 1954) comparing the US GDP growth rate versus the US Fed Funds Rate - in the form of a chart/graph
The bond market is stealing the spotlight as we turn the corner into a new year that rang in yields not seen since 2007. In October the yield only briefly tapped 5%. In October the yield only ...
During the bear market a heavy debate ensued as to whose fault the falling market was. The political parties were heavily divided during this period. [11] For the most part there were three camps: ones that simply blamed the economy, others that wanted to pin the passing Bush Administration and others that wanted to push the blame on the newly arriving Obama Administration.