Showing posts with label bond market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bond market. Show all posts

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Stock market Experts: Stock Rally continues

Most stock experts have the opinion that there are more positive than negative things that affect the stock market right now, and many believe further price increases are ahead.

Spirits are at top in the global equity markets. The stock rates whiz in the air, and in several places the one record follows the other. The development follows a 2012, which was also an almost terrific year for equities where market prices in general increased by 22 percent. So it has been a good investment to put your savings in stocks in recent years.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Bonds: Calm winds on interest-front

There was relatively quiet on the bond markets in Europe Tuesday, where a lack of news and remain closed trading in the U.S. meant very little fluctuation in interest rates.

Spain's economic growth lagged not quite as much as economists feared in the third quarter. Growth in gross domestic product, GDP, was Tuesday morning amounted to minus 1.6 percent in the third quarter compared with the same period last year. Economists had expected a decline of 1.7 percent, which was in line with data earlier this month from the Bank of Spain.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Bonds: Spanish messages turned the picture

Bond dealers were almost gone for the weekend before Friday's trade. In any case, there were close to absolute rest on a trading day, which was marked by cautious buying almost across the board.

This resulted in a slight decline in interest rates in both South and North Europe most of the day, but new reports that Spain has not intend to seek official help for its pressed banking sector reversed the picture in Spain and Italy, which ended with small increases in interest rates.

Friday, October 5, 2012

Bonds: Interest rate increase after job report

Bond yields in Northern Europe was Friday sent up by surprisingly good U.S. job figures, which were as expected in September but contained upward revisions of the previous two months' figures. It sent investors to back the tables to turn up the knob that controls the "risk-on". This gave rise in stock markets, rising interest rates in the safe countries and declining yields in riskier countries from southern Europe.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Bonds: Interest rates fall in the north and increases in south

Wednesday was a very quiet day in the bond markets in Europe, where the result of investors' side stepping was a small decline in interest rates in northern Europe and similar small increases in Southern Europe.

It was still the macroeconomic events that had control of the financial markets with Spain, China and the U.S. in the lead roles.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Bonds: The Spanish problems pours in

The yield spread between South and North Europe widened considerably Wednesday, when there were major decline in interest rates in Northern Europe and significant increases in Southern Europe and especially Spain.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Bonds: Europe in small side steps

European bond yields Thursday painted a picture of a somewhat indecisive market after a number of key areas such as European consumer confidence and U.S. business outlook index from Philadelphia Fed more or less equalized Wednesday’s fluctuations.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Bonds: Falling interest rates in both the north and south

A fall in the European stock markets Tuesday had investors seeking back in the safe haven in the bond market.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Bonds: Interest rate increases after German yes

Wednesday's developments in the bond market showed increasing interest in the strong northern European economies.