Username: Password:

News and analysis of Internet stocks. No buy or sell recommendations. Provided by Seeking Alpha for professional investors.

Visit SeekingAlpha Internet Stocks

hr

Friday's Bond Outlook: Settling Down

Posted on May 16, 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities retreated in overseas trading as most major equity markets posted gains. The yield on the benchmark 2 year note has jumped 5 basis points to 2.47 percent. The yield on the benchmark 5 year note has climbed 4 basis points to 3.12 percent. The yield on the 10 year note has moved higher by 3 basis points to 3.84 percent and the Yield on the Long Bond is 2 basis points higher at 4.57 percent. The yield spread between the 2 year note and the 10 year note tightened by 2 basis points to 137 basis points.Japanese equities declined modestly as some profit taking eme...

Original article link


Tags:
chinese , hong kong
default explanation