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Pimco Favors Japan’s 30-Year Bonds, Says Yield Curve ‘Too Steep’ automated-news
Pimco Favors Japan’s 30-Year Bonds, Says Yield Curve ‘Too Steep’

Pacific Investment Management Co. is seeing an opportunity in Japan’s 30-year sovereign bonds at a time when concerns over inflation and government spending have pushed those yields to record highs.

19 May 2026 🔒
China Bonds Buck Global Rout With Yields Hitting Nine-Month Low automated-news
China Bonds Buck Global Rout With Yields Hitting Nine-Month Low

China’s bonds are diverging further from peers as a fragile economic recovery and ample market liquidity keep local yields anchored despite a global debt selloff.

19 May 2026 🔒
Industrial Metals Slide as Inflation Fears Fuel Bearish Mood automated-news
Industrial Metals Slide as Inflation Fears Fuel Bearish Mood

Copper edged lower and iron ore declined for a fifth day as concerns mount that global central banks will take a hawkish turn to fight inflation stemming from the war in the Middle East.

19 May 2026 🔒
The Gulf crisis may just be starting automated-news
The Gulf crisis may just be starting

Oil futures markets are sanguine, but history shows expectations have often been disappointed

19 May 2026 🔒
Macron’s Central-Bank Pick Moulin Faces Parliamentary Showdown automated-news
Macron’s Central-Bank Pick Moulin Faces Parliamentary Showdown

Emmanuel Macron’s pick to lead the Bank of France will be grilled on Wednesday by lawmakers who could scupper the president’s plan to install a top ally at the helm of monetary policy.

19 May 2026 🔒
Trump Adds Fuel to Claims That Big Banks Discriminate Against Conservatives automated-news
Trump Adds Fuel to Claims That Big Banks Discriminate Against Conservatives

The president has told Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase to stop cutting conservatives off from doing business.

19 May 2026 🔒
Heard on the Street's Stock-Picking Series automated-news
Heard on the Street's Stock-Picking Series

Check out the stocks Heard on the Street writers favor in their eighth annual stock-picking contest.

19 May 2026 🔒
The Extra Reward for Owning Stocks Over Bonds Has Disappeared automated-news
The Extra Reward for Owning Stocks Over Bonds Has Disappeared

There is little sign of crimped demand for equities among individual investors, who remain bullish after two years of blockbuster gains.

19 May 2026 🔒
U.S. Treasury Yields Fall But Direction for Long-End Yields Still Seen Upward automated-news
U.S. Treasury Yields Fall But Direction for Long-End Yields Still Seen Upward

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield fell and ING said the the long end of the Treasury curve will continue trading at higher yields even as Trump hasn’t delivered anything to shock markets so far.

19 May 2026 🔒
Natural-Gas Firm Diversified Energy Strikes Deal for Permian Basin Player automated-news
Natural-Gas Firm Diversified Energy Strikes Deal for Permian Basin Player

Maverick Natural Resources has operations in Texas and Oklahoma.

19 May 2026 🔒
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