Sovereign and credit markets: yield curves, auctions, duration risk, spreads and the cost of money.
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The move higher in long-term borrowing costs came after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, with further hikes expected as soon as October.
The 10-year Treasury yield climbed back above 5% following the Federal Reserve's latest rate increase, with another hike anticipated in October.
Stock indexes sit near all-time highs, but MarketWatch and rates commentary point to strain building underneath the surface.
Major U.S. indexes are hovering near records even as elevated oil prices, rising Treasury yields and a cautious Federal Reserve put pressure on the rally's foundation.
A stronger-than-expected payrolls print could add pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise rates again in October, according to MarketWatch's reading of the setup.
Treasury strategists are watching the upcoming jobs report as a potential trigger for a fresh climb in 10-year and 30-year yields, with a hot print seen as adding pressure on the Fed to hike again in October.
September's second straight sentiment decline coincided with renewed dollar strength that is weighing on emerging-market local-currency debt.
U.S. consumer sentiment fell again in September for a second consecutive month, coinciding with a stronger dollar that is adding pressure to emerging-market bond funds such as EMLC.
As government bond yields climb, income investors are finding it harder to justify holding stocks priced mainly for their dividend checks.
Higher Treasury yields are making bonds a more competitive alternative to dividend stocks, pressuring shares that investors buy mainly for income.
Eversource, Crown Castle and Mid-America Apartment Communities all touched fresh lows in the same session, even as broader indexes held steady.
Eversource Energy, Crown Castle and Mid-America Apartment Communities each hit new 52-week lows in the September 25 session, underscoring pressure on high-dividend, rate-sensitive stocks even as the wider market stayed calm.
Fixed-income swings are running at their most intense level since March even as stock and crypto volatility gauges sit near yearly lows.
The 10-year Treasury yield has now risen for six consecutive weeks, and bond market volatility has climbed to its highest level since March, even as Wall Street's VIX and bitcoin's equivalent volatility gauges stay near their yearly lows.
A rout in Japanese government bonds spilled into currency markets and equities across the region on September 24, with the yen nearing a level not seen in months.
The yen weakened toward 160 per dollar as a bond selloff in Japan intersected with a broader dollar rally, pulling Asian stocks lower even as the Trump-Xi summit failed to lift sentiment.
Rising U.S. yields drove a selloff in Chinese technology and semiconductor names even as Korea moved forward with a $22 billion Texas gas plant tied to its tariff pledge to Washington.
Chinese tech and chip stocks fell as surging U.S. Treasury yields pulled capital away from higher-risk Asian equities.
Stronger-than-expected September activity data revived inflation and rate-hike bets, pushing the dollar to its strongest level since July and sending Japanese bond yields to a 30-year high.
The U.S. flash PMI for September pointed to the fastest growth in more than five years, reviving inflation fears and pushing the dollar to a two-month high while Japanese 10-year bond yields hit a 30-year high on bets for more Bank of Japan rate hikes.
The Japanese conglomerate is borrowing heavily to expand its bet on OpenAI, and investors are buying into the plan for now.
SoftBank Group issued $11.1 billion in bonds to finance its investment in OpenAI, and its shares rose sharply in response.
With 5% yields no longer rattling markets, attention is turning to whether 10-year Treasury yields could climb toward 6%.
An analysis found that investors, having absorbed 5% Treasury yields without shock, are now starting to worry about the prospect of yields reaching 6%.
A closely watched economic survey pointed to overheating, sending the 10-year yield higher and unsettling both stock and bond investors.
US Treasury yields rose sharply after a widely followed survey showed signs the economy is running hotter than expected, reviving bets that the Federal Reserve may need to raise rates further.
A blowout September PMI report revived bets that the Federal Reserve has less room to cut rates, sending long-term borrowing costs to their highest level in months.
The 10-year Treasury yield spiked above 5.00% after U.S. Services PMI data surged past expectations, pressuring technology shares as investors reassessed the pace of future Fed rate cuts.
Treasury yields and oil both fell as traders looked ahead to a Trump-Xi meeting, giving risk assets room to run.
The Nasdaq touched an intraday record on September 22 as technology shares recovered lost ground while Treasury yields and oil prices both eased.
Bitcoin traded toward $108,000 and Ethereum broke above $2,672 as falling bond yields lifted risk assets, with Strategy adding $75 million more bitcoin to its holdings.
Bitcoin pushed toward the $108,000 level and Ethereum broke above $2,672 in the September 21 session as easing Treasury yields boosted both crypto and tech stocks, while Strategy bought another $75 million of bitcoin.
The debt sale, confirmed by a term sheet, is one of the largest corporate bond issues tied to the AI boom.
SoftBank Group is raising more than $10 billion in bonds, according to a term sheet, to help finance its investment commitments to OpenAI.
Investors are now weighing how much further the Federal Reserve can tighten before it chokes off growth, with long-term borrowing costs already near multi-year highs.
The Federal Reserve raised its policy rate, and commentary from the desk argues the move may not even bring inflation down while pushing borrowing costs higher across the economy.
Bond yields hit a level last seen only once in nearly 20 years, days after the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time in more than three years.
The 10-year Treasury yield crossed 5% for only the second time in almost two decades, coinciding with a Federal Reserve rate hike and an inflation reading of 3.4%.
Rising cost to insure French sovereign debt against default signals renewed credit-market unease in Europe.
The cost of insuring French government debt against default climbed to its highest level since April 2025, according to Investing.com.