sovereign bond yields

Equities vs bonds: buy real returns

Equities vs bonds: buy real returns

One factor that could alter the judgement on current stock market prices are long-term interest rates, indicators of the alternative no-risk returns to the stockmarket, which are not fixed directly by the central banks but by the market itself.


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Spain could cancel bond sales until after summer

Too true. Undeniably, this was the frightening scene on Friday, which heated the discussion about what’s next for the Kingdom of Spain, with even some Greek bouzouki music on the background. But. Analysts at Sabadell Bolsa reminded the markets of a few facts, probably compelled by the amount of fog gathered during the last days over the state of the Spanish finances and its economic prospects. Although acknowledging that domestic imbalances…


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Friday’s graph: 2-year Italian bond yields

AFI analysts duly noted on Friday that markets have again focused their irritation on Italy and Spain. Corrections have shown a measure of the punishment investors are willing to inflict on those euro zone member countries seen as the weakest link unless Brussels gets its act together, since domestic solutions will necessarily be patchy. “Spanish and Italian sovereign debts have this week become protagonists, particularly over the short section of…


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Italy, under surveillance. Berlusconi, record-less

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will have to postpone again the release of his next love songs record, titled True Love, after the third European economy has been forced to accept a surveillance action by the IMF and the EU during the introduction of the country’s reform plan. Italy has committed itself to perform a work reform, relax the restrictions on the corporate sector, change the age retirement from 65…