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Article content NEW YORK — U.S. Treasury yields extended gains on Friday after data showed inflation perked up last month, while employment costs rose suggesting the world’s largest economy is on the mend from the devastating effects of the pandemic. Next week’s U.S. non-farm payrolls report should provide more evidence about where the economy and interest rates are headed. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or U.S. yields rise after inflation data, focus on jobs next week Back to video “Ahead of the NFP, we are biased toward an extension o...

Blog Blog Blog PODCAST 13 Jan, 2021 Author Brian ScheidPolo Rocha The short-term outlook for the U.S. economy may be dark, but bond investors see a bright future. The U.S. Treasury yield curve has steepened to levels not seen since 2016, signaling that investors expect economic expansion and higher inflation in the coming years as coronavirus vaccines are distributed and incoming President Joe Biden and a Democrat-controlled Congress are expected to pass another substantial stimulus package. The steepening curve is likely a sign of economic recovery...

"In some ways, bad news is good news, because it increases the probability for more stimulus," said Michael Arone, chief investment strategist for US SPDR Business. "Investors have convinced themselves this week that given what's happened in Georgia, given the weakness in the economic data, that more help is on the way. We're going to get more fiscal help, and it's likely to happen pretty soon." Since a recovery that began in May, the economy had recovered 12.3 million of the jobs lost. The biggest hit has come in the hospitality industry, where hotels, restaurants and bars suffered under the...

With yields this low, fixed-income investors are left with few good options to meet their return goals. Dec 23, 2020 (Bloomberg Opinion) -- There’s always been something of a rivalry between traders in stocks and bonds. Equities grab most of the headlines — they are shorthand for “the market,” after all — and captivate individual investors. Fixed income, on the other hand, is for pessimists and hedgers and is often praised as the “smarter” asset class. No one truly disputes the notion that stocks tend to deliver superior returns to bonds over a long period. But durin...

Year-end Santa rally could depend on the big week ahead for markets CNBC 12/11/2020 Patti Domm As the year comes to a close, there's one last big week so full of events that it will make a difference to markets. In the week, Congress needs to wrap up stimulus, the Fed will discuss policy changes, and Tesla will be the biggest stock ever added to the S&P 500 at the close on Friday. All of that comes in a week that ends with the quadruple expiration of options and futures, a normally busy trading day. © Provided by CNBC Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchan...