Treasury Yields End at 2- to 3-week Highs as Fed Struggles With Last Mile of Inflation Fight
The Nasdaq fell to 0.02 million points, Adobe plummeted more than 13%, the China concept Index rose against the trend, and Bitcoin dropped below 0.1 million dollars.
In November, USA PPI inflation exceeded expectations, with the market betting on a pause in interest rate cuts in January next year. The Dow has fallen for six consecutive days, with NVIDIA experiencing the largest drop of 2.5%. Tesla, Meta, Google, and Amazon have moved away from their highs, uranium mining stocks have declined, but Apple reached a new high. Broadcom rose nearly 5% in after-hours trading, and Chinese stocks Baidu and PDD Holdings increased by over 1%. Bond yields in Europe and the USA have risen significantly, and after the European Central Bank cut interest rates, the euro fell to a one-week low, before rebounding. The dollar reached a two-week high, while the offshore yuan once rose over 200 points, breaking through 7.26 yuan. Commodities generally fell, with spot gold down over 2% and spot silver down over 4% during the session.
The Nasdaq hits 20,000 points! Besides US bonds, US investors are buying everything.
After the release of USA's November CPI data on Wednesday, investors seem to have finally "confirmed" that the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut next week is a done deal; financial markets across asset classes on Wednesday also appeared quite uplifting; apart from the decline in USA Treasuries, investors are buying everything else - USA stocks are rising, Gold is rising, the dollar is rising, Crude Oil Product is rising, and Cryptos are rising...
Treasury Yields Rise as CPI Keeps Fed Cut on the Table -- Market Talk
Wall Street interprets the CPI: no change to the Fed's "gradual easing," core inflation remains strong supporting the pause in interest rate cuts in January.
Analysis suggests that the CPI, which meets expectations, demonstrates that the cooling of inflation has basically stagnated in recent months. While this is not enough to disrupt the year-end bull market in U.S. stocks, it also means that an interest rate cut next week is not guaranteed, especially with the potential inflation upward risks brought by Trump's tariffs and fiscal expansion next year drawing attention. The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries first fell and then rose.
Treasury Yields Recover as Fed Is Expected to Cut, Then Pause -- Market Talk
Here's the Breakdown for November CPI, in One Chart
Tonight! The last piece of potentially market-exploding data from the USA in 2024 is here.
① The USA's November CPI data, which will be released tonight at 21:30 Beijing time, can be metaphorically described as "the last heavyweight economic Indicator of the USA for 2024", which does not seem exaggerated. ② With the Federal Reserve's December monetary policy meeting scheduled for next week, tonight's CPI is expected to serve as an important basis for the Fed's critical decision on whether or not to cut interest rates...
Imminent! A giant has once again issued a warning to the governments of Europe and the United States regarding debt, this time it is the central bank of central banks!
This week, major players intensively warned about the debt issues in Europe and the United States. Following bond giant Pimco and Bridgewater's Dalio, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), known as the central bank of central banks, recently stated that government borrowing habits pose the greatest danger to Global economic stability. The surge in government debt supply could exacerbate instability in financial markets, and the recent changes in market sentiment should be viewed as warning signals.
Treasury Yields Rise Ahead of November's Consumer Price Index -- Market Talk
When the U.S. stock market is infatuated with Trump, U.S. bonds have fallen in love with Besant...
① The usa national debt market, which has reached a scale of 28 trillion dollars, seems to be becoming increasingly "politicized"; ② If the continuous record highs of the us stock market after the usa elections indicate that the bull market is "fond of" Trump, then the current bond market seems to have "fallen in love with" Bessent.
The usa stock, bond, and foreign exchange markets are all under pressure: no one dares to act rashly before the non-farm payrolls battle!
Before the key non-farm employment data from the usa is released this Friday, both the rise of US stocks and the dollar showed signs of stalling on Thursday, while the US bond market was also caught in a weak consolidation pattern; for a moment, it seemed that no one on Wall Street dared to take any rash actions.
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Allianz Investment: The Fed starts a rate cut cycle, and short-term high yield bonds in the USA can provide stable returns for investors.
Chen Jiaying said that short-term high yield bonds in the usa can provide investors with an attractive option. The main reason is that the coupon yield of short-term high yield bonds is higher than that of high-rated bonds, with relatively lower volatility.
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