A humped yield curve is a relatively rare type of yield curve that results when the interest rates on medium-term fixed income securities are higher than the rates of both long and short-term ...

The 10-year Treasury yield is the rate Treasury notes will pay investors if bought today. Find out how these rates are important indicators of the economy.

Bond traders loaded up wagers on a popular strategy favoring short-end Treasuries over longer-dated debt after an unexpected ...

Dovish Fed policy has also helped. Although the central has limited, at times nil, influence over the long end of the yield curve, three interest rate cuts this year have provided support for keeping ...

The fund posted a 3.63% return in Q3 2025, driven by long duration and overweight exposure to bonds maturing in 20+ years.

The municipal market muscled through this week by holding yields mostly steady as investors digested a large new-issue slate, heavy on tax-exempt paper, even as U.S. Treasuries were weaker until ...

US bond markets are flashing a warning to US President Donald Trump that his move to unleash tariffs on top trading partners risks fueling inflation and stymieing growth. Short-end Treasury yields ...

After a little over two years, the yield curve is back to normal. That is to say, interest rates on longer-term bonds are once again higher than the interest rates of shorter-term bonds like two-year ...

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A yield curve shows the relationship between the yield on securities and their maturities (how long it is until they can be ...

Ridiculously-behind Bank of Japan is trying to deal with a huge multi-decade monetary mess without crashing global markets.

With the Federal Reserve beginning a long-awaited shift to cutting rates with a decisive half-percentage-point move, changes are in store for bond investors. Investors may want to tilt their ...