If you've ever watched bond prices fall while interest rates rise, you've seen one of the core mechanics of the bond market. These two factors move in opposite directions because of how bonds are ...

There are a few possible reasons for this, and one of them makes me hesitate to recommend any fund that invests primarily in bonds. The first reason is that markets are forward-looking, and as such, ...

Bonds and the stock market are interconnected, influencing each other. They impact an investor's risk exposure and returns. During stock market volatility, investors often turn to bonds for safety, ...

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The Federal Reserve’s rate cut will reduce investor returns, yet money market funds remain a good deal, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, ...

NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Bond investors are buying longer-term maturities up to 10-year debt and ramping up bets on a steeper yield curve, anticipating that the Federal Reserve will cut interest ...

In normal times the year ahead would look like a good one in which to hold government bonds. Central banks, including America’s Federal Reserve, have been cutting interest rates. Global growth has ...

The Federal Reserve’s most important monetary policy tool is the Fed Funds Interest Rate target. By raising or lowering this benchmark, the Fed hopes to influence the cost of credit throughout the ...

Markets have been predicting another rate cut for weeks, but bond yields have been rising. The 10-year Treasury yield has steadily risen in recent weeks, and ticked up to 4.2% on Wednesday. Bond ...