Bond News

NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks zig-zagged,turning higher in a choppy session on Wednesday as investorsreacted to a barrage of headlines from Europe, includingproposals for joint euro zone bonds ...

How's this for an investment opportunity: a guaranteed yield of 3.2 percent, with an enormous potential downside. As risky as that sounds, millions of investors are moving money into Treasury bonds as a "safe haven." In early September, the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond sank to a new low of 3.2 percent, while the 10-year note fell to 1.9 percent. If the inflation rate stays anywhere close to its current modest 3.6 percent pace, long-term investors will be guaranteed to lose money after factoring in inflation's toll.

In today's low-yield environment, the U.S. government will pay you just 1.9 percent a year over the next 10 years if you invest in a 10-year treasury bond. That's an all-time low that has many investors scratching their heads.

Treasury 30-year bonds erased losses after Austria?s parliamentary finance committee didn?t approve the increase of the European Finacial Stability Facility with the required two-thirds majority.

NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened higher onWednesday after the head of the European Commission said itwill present options for joint euro zone bonds, a tool thatinvestors view as a step ...

U.S. stocks were set to open higher Wednesday, after Moody's ratings agency downgraded several French banks and talk of a Eurobond gained traction.

* U.S. retail sales, producer prices flat * Options due soon for new joint euro bonds-official * Greek, German, French leaders to hold conference call * Futures up: S&P 6.9 pts, Dow 67 pts, Nasdaq 14 pts ...

* Options due soon for new joint euro bonds-official * Producer price index, retail sales on tap * Futures up: S&P 11.9 pts, Dow 91 pts, Nasdaq 21 pts * For up-to-the-minute market news see [STXNEWS/US] ...

Treasury pare losses, with 30-year-bond auction to draw more than typical scrutiny against the backdrop of a Federal Reserve policy meeting next week.

* Options due soon for new joint euro bonds-official * Producer price index, retail sales on tap * Futures up: S&P 8.7 pts, Dow 59 pts, Nasdaq 6.25 pts * For up-to-the-minute market news see [STXNEWS/US] ...

NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Small and mid cap technologyshares were boosted by Broadcom's $3.7 billion bid for NetLogicon Monday, while a report China may buy Italian bonds helpedease fears over ...

Wall Street could make $100 million from the Federal Reserve's next bond market maneuver, but that is considerably less than the gains from prior Fed actions.

* Top German to quit ECB over bond-buying conflict * Obama's $447 billion jobs plan faces uphill battle * Bank of America discussing about 40,000 job cuts -WSJ * Indexes down: Dow 2.7 pct, S&P 2.7 ...

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed more than 2percent lower on Friday after the top German official at theEuropean Central Bank resigned in protest of the bank'sbond-buying program, which ...

* Top German to quit ECB over bond-buying row * Obama's $447 billion jobs plan faces uphill battle * Bank of America discussing about 40,000 job cuts * Indexes down: Dow 3 pct, S&P 2.9 pct, Nasdaq ...

Stocks continued to decline Friday, as investors hesitated to hold equities over the weekend amid fears that Greece may default on its debt and following news that ECB's Juergen Stark will step down due to a conflict over the central bank's bond-buying program.

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday,with the S&P 500 index down 3 percent after a top Germanofficial at the European Central Bank resigned in protest ofthe bank's bond-buying ...

* Top German to quit ECB over bond-buying row * President Obama lays out $447 billion jobs plan * Bank of America discussing about 40,000 job cuts * Indexes down: Dow 2.6 pct, S&P 2.5 pct, Nasdaq 2 pct ...

An earlier version of the Bond Report on Sept. 9 had misstated that Treasurys, instead of Treasury yields, had declined. The story has been corrected.

U.S. stocks fall sharply at the open after ECB board member Juergen Stark, who has been a critic of the bank's bond buying program, stepped down.