Are Bonds a Mammoth Thing?

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Even with this happening, investors still are buying. So have we got ento a point where investors have just kind of given up on bonds? Well, really, one thing you have to think about is that the federal reserve has such a large footprint in the treasury market. They're talking about rolling off tens of billions of dollars of treasuries a month, starting later this year. And so yields will start to rise, right? Because the byer base is declining slightly,. You're demanding more compensation to lend to the us Government. But if real yields, you dont say, they do break this into this positive territory, or go even higher, we could see investor demand pap up

Bank of America gave a bullish revenue outlook as the second-largest US lender reported better than expected earnings, and Mexico’s opposition politicians helped defeat a radical energy reform bill backed by President López Obrador. Plus, the FT’s Eric Platt explains why real yields on US treasury bonds are nearing positive territory and what it means for other financial markets.

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Fed policy tightening sends US ‘real yields’ to brink of positive territory

BofA offers rosy revenue outlook as lending rebound boosts results

Mexican president’s radical energy reform defeated in congress

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