Posts Tagged ‘interest rate futures trading’

Weekly Financial Market Recap and Outlook

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Feb 9th, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Weekly Financial Market Recap and Outlook by Jeff Friedman News on the economy for the week of February 2, 2009, was almost all negative—with the January employment report showing the recession sharply worsening over the last three months. Fiscal stimulus is needed and passage appears to be imminent this week. But whether it is the right [...]


Treasury Bubble Part II: Three-Month Yield Turns Negative

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Dec 10th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Treasury Bubble Part II: Three-Month Yield Turns Negative by Phil Streible & Richard Ilczyszyn Risk-aversion has been driving investors, and they have been rushing into U.S. Treasuries. Yields have been pushed down to historic lows across the yield curve, and in an unprecedented development, three-month Treasury bill yields have actually turned negative. The Treasury bubble [...]