Data show that China has been selling U.S. Treasury bonds since the beginning of this year, but China remained the largest holder of treasury bonds until the end of August. China's massive sell-off did not reduce other countries' enthusiasm for US Treasury bonds. Data from the US Treasury...
Japan has also been selling US Treasuries. That country has divested itself of $76 billion from a year ago to $1.02 trillion. This continues a trend since the peak of its holdings at the end of 2014 ($1.24 trillion). Meanwhile, the US federal government continues to spend itself deeper ...
The two rounds of massive dollar-selling intervention helped push up the yen by 5% from a 34-year low of 160.245 per dollar, but failed to reverse the yen's longer-term weakness. The yen resumed its downturn and slid to a 38-year low of 161.76 per dollar in July, prompting...
August's worst bets for hedge funds were in 10-year Japanese government bonds, the Nikkei 225, the New Zealand dollar as well as German and Italian stock markets, the SocGen note said. The Mexican peso, the British pound, the euro, blended gasoline and U.S. 2-...
Does a potential selling of treasuries by Japan jack up borrowing rates and hamper the economic recovery? These are some of the questions the market is wrestling with since the news hit the tape last week. I attribute the stronger sell-offs in shares of Tiffany & Co. and Coach this week ...
while the US markets and treasuries seem safe I wouldn’t say that translates to quality of living of US citizens however. There is no appetite to significantly reduce military spending or tax more to invest in the overall health of the society. Not invest...
And markets know that too. And that’s why propping up a currency by selling limited foreign exchange assets might slow the decline short-term but isn’t a long-term solution to a crashing currency. For the US, there is also ...
Japanese stock markets have remained range bound for most of 2019 as it slowly recovers from the recent selling pressure. Nevertheless, the developed market is still outperforming the global developed ex-U.S. equities benchmark and it is less expensive. BlackRock, though, maintains a neutral outlo...
U.S. hedge fundGreenlight CapitalInc. that the regulator has called improper. The fines follow a £7.2 million ($11.3 million) levy the FSA imposed on Greenlight and its founder,David Einhorn, for allegedly selling shares of Punch Taverns PLC in 2009 based on material, nonpublic ...
Longer-dated US Treasuries also sold off, with the yield on the 30-year bond rising 0.13 percentage points to 4.57 per cent. Read more on US markets moveshere. Share $US Treasury yields climb as Fed worries spark global sell-off on X (opens in a new window) ...