{"id":91126,"date":"2016-06-10T06:34:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T10:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=91126"},"modified":"2016-06-10T06:34:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T10:34:23","slug":"risk-aversion-drags-down-bond-yields-as-investors-flock-to-safe-havens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2016\/06\/risk-aversion-drags-down-bond-yields-as-investors-flock-to-safe-havens\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk aversion drags down bond yields as investors flock to safe havens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-915103422\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">June 10, 2016<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p>Article by <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Expectations that the Fed is less likely to push up interest rates this summer following a weaker-than-expected jobs report last Friday also have pressured U.S. bond yields. Yields fall when prices rise.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the 10-year Treasury yield fell to 1.678%, its lowest settlement since its 2016 trough of 1.642% in February.<\/p>\n<p>Low yields also have made returns look more attractive in the stock market, where a weakening dollar and rising oil prices have helped boost shares.<\/p>\n<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 19.86 points, or 0.1%, to 17985.19 Thursday but was still up 15% from its 2016 low and near its all-time high of 18312.39. The S&amp;P 500 also slipped Thursday, by 3.64, or 0.2%, to 2115.48, but was just 0.7% below its record.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Treasury yields have been predominantly dragged down by the drop in government-bond yields around the globe, rather than by demand for haven assets spurred by concerns about the economy.<\/p><div id=\"inves-619826650\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, yields in Germany, the U.K. and Switzerland hit record lows this week, with the 10-year German bund touching 0.025% Thursday. Eurozone bond yields dropped sharply amid weak economic growth, low inflation and bond purchases by the European Central Bank.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54242 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Forex-Time-Logo.png\" alt=\"Forex-Time-Logo\" width=\"262\" height=\"90\" \/><strong>Article by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ForexTime Ltd (FXTM)<\/strong> is an award winning international online forex broker regulated by CySEC 185\/12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forextime.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.forextime.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article by ForexTime Expectations that the Fed is less likely to push up interest rates this summer following a weaker-than-expected jobs report last Friday also have pressured U.S. bond yields. Yields fall when prices rise. On Thursday, the 10-year Treasury yield fell to 1.678%, its lowest settlement since its 2016 trough of 1.642% in February. 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