Kill Debt To Make Debt
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 21, 7:06AM CDT
By Jeffrey P. Snider In the days before 2007, the idea of monetary "stimulus" was relatively straight-forward in theory as well as (seemingly) practice. A central bank declared that it would reduce an interest rate target and the...
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Bill Gross: Going To The Dogs
Bill Gross - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 3:53AM CDT
If you were a dog, what kind would you be? I can't say I've thought about it a lot myself, but it is an interesting, possibly introspective question considering the theory that many dog owners pick a breed that looks or perhaps acts like themselves....
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What Negative Interest Rates And Quantitative Easing Are Doing To The Stock Market
Rodney Johnson - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 15, 2:58AM CDT
If I asked you to lend me money for five years, what rate of interest would you charge? 5%? 3%? How about zero? Does zero work for you? It works for me. Or even better, how about you lend me money, and then at the end of the loan you pay me ...
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European Rates Converge In Wake Of QE
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 11:45AM CDT
The ECB QE policy has seen yield curves in Europe flatten across the board, although the ECB's pledge to limit purchase to assets priced above -0.2% has caused a price floor. The ECB's QE programme commenced Monday, which European bonds investors...
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Yields tumble alongside stocks
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 9:31AM CDT
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German industrial production improves
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 3:46AM CST
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German factory orders decline
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 4:13AM CST
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The Draghi Derangement: $2 Trillion Euro Government Bonds Trading At Negative Yield
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 7:56AM CST
That investors anywhere in this age of fiscal profligacy would pay to own the notes and bonds of sovereign states is a testament to the financial deformations of modern central banking. But the fact that nearly $2 trillion of debt issued by European...
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Bond Markets Anticipate European Inflation
Markit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 7:56AM CST
Mario Draghi's aim of kick starting inflation across the eurozone seems to be paying off, according to recent activity in the bond markets. Kick starting inflation was one of the cornerstone aims of the recent ECB QE steps. The prospects of a...
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Europe heads higher after GDP data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 2:59AM CST
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Move To Risk Averse Investments Impacting Securities
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 3:45PM CST
Last week, the yield on the 10-year German bund fell below the yield on the 10-year Japanese government bond. On Tuesday, February 3, the yield on this German bund closed at 0.35 percent. The yield on the same maturity Japanese bond closed at 0.37...
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The German 10-Year Bund Effectively A Call Option At 30 Basis Points
EconMatters - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 10:23AM CST
Bonds are not Stocks On Friday, the German 10-year Bund yield touched the 0.30 mark or 30 basis points, yeah that's right the same instrument that was yielding 90 basis points in November of last year, 140 basis points in May 2014, and 195 basis...
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UK 10-Year Bond Hits All-Time Low
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 5:33PM CST
The United Kingdom’s ten-year gilt hit an all-time low in trading on Thursday as the effects of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing program appears to be taking hold of the country’s debt market. Yields hit a low of...
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Long-term Treasury yields lower after soft GDP print
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 7:36AM CST
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ECB Monetary Dominance With 1.14 Trillion Euro QE For March 2015 To September 2016
FX Analyst - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 25, 11:41AM CST
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European bond yields tumble on ECB QE
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 8:38AM CST
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Safety And Quality To Beat Deflation In 2015
Badre Bouarich - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 9:17AM CST
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Record low for Germany's 10-year Bund yield
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 7:21AM CST
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10-year Treasury yield dips below 2%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:16AM CST
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Treasurys rally as Greek vote spurs flight to safety
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 11:56AM CST
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