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Germany's 10-year yield fell to a new three-month low in quiet trading on Friday as markets sought direction ahead of next week's European Central Bank meeting. In the absence of major euro area ...
Prior to the data, by 0913 GMT, Germany's 10-year yield, the benchmark for the bloc, was up 3 bps to 0.932%, holding below two-week highs of 1.025% touched last Friday. German bond yields edge ...
Germany's 10-year government bond yields, the benchmark of the bloc, fell 1 basis point (bps) to 0.55%. ... Most analysts expect German yields to stay around the current levels in the short term ...
(Bank of America) Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II; Barclays High-Yield Index; Bear Stearns High-Yield Index; Citi US High-Yield Market Index (Credit Suisse) First Boston High-Yield II Index; S&P US Issued High-Yield Corporate Bond Inex
There is a time dimension to the analysis of bond values. A 10-year bond at purchase becomes a 9-year bond a year later, and the year after it becomes an 8-year bond, etc. Each year the bond moves incrementally closer to maturity, resulting in lower volatility and shorter duration and demanding a lower interest rate when the yield curve is rising.
Government securities typically exclude floating or variable rate bonds, US/Canadian savings bonds and private placements. It is not possible to invest directly in such an index. On August 31, 2017, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) completed the acquisition of The Yield Book and Citi Fixed Income Indices businesses from Citi.
Germany's 10-year bond yield hit a new 11-year high on Friday before trimming gains after a report signalled the Federal Reserve could slow the pace of interest rate hikes at its December meeting.
Germany's curve inversion extended late on Thursday, with the gap between the 2-year and 10-year government bond yields falling to -27 basis points (bps), before trading at -25 bps on Friday.