^TNX - Treasury Yield 10 Years
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- Yahoo Finance
Why Warren Buffett and Stanley Druckenmiller missed the market rally: Trader
In a Yahoo Finance Premium webinar, Brian Shannon, CMT discusses why trading legends missed the bulk of the post-Covid stock market rally and explains how traders can avoid common pitfalls, such as impulsive trading, by having a trading plan and knowing their time frame.
- Benzinga
Financial Stocks Could Be In Focus as Yields Fall Ahead of Reports From Big Banks
(Friday Market Open) It looks like investors might be in the mood to take some risk off the table as they close out a week where coronavirus cases have continued to surge, increasing worry about an economic recovery.There may also be some caution as corporate earnings season gets into higher gear next week and corporate profits are expected to show a big hit from the effect of the coronavirus.Amid the risk-off mood, buying interest in U.S. government debt increased. That pushed yields lower and could make for rocky trading in bank stocks today ahead of earnings reports next week. As an aside, it could be interesting to see whether money ends up coming out of bonds and goes back into stocks as investors look for yield if the rate on the 10-year Treasury falls to 0.5%. Looking Ahead Toward Bank Earnings Next Week Earnings season gets into higher gear Tuesday with several major banks reporting. JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is just one of the major U.S. banks reporting Q2 earnings Tuesday morning. Results from Wells Fargo and Company (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) also are due to hit the wires. Analysts expect C and JPM to remain profitable in Q2, but project a slight loss for WFC.While no sector is immune to the virus, few arguably have as much exposure as Financials. That was reflected in Q1 when most of the big banks took large provisions for credit losses, hurting their profitability. The overriding question heading into this earnings season is whether the banks decide to add substantially to those provisions or start slicing them a bit. Their actions could say a lot about how they see the reopening taking shape. Even if these provisions ease in Q2, they're likely to continue to weigh on banks' profitability.The banking sector is feeling the heat, and analysts' expectations are low going in. Earnings for banks in the S&P 500 are expected to fall a cumulative 48.3% in Q2, ahead of only four other sectors, according to research firm CFRA.Getting back to today's action, investors were also seeking the relative safety of gold and selling often-volatile crude oil. That's pretty typical activity when risk appetite wanes. Another thing that seemed to be weighing on investors' minds was news out of China that Beijing said it will retaliate after the United States put sanctions on Chinese officials over treatment of minorities. While the tit-for-tat moves are nowhere near as market-affecting as tariffs have been, investors and traders are still sensitive to U.S.-China relations after the bruising trade war that took a pause with a phase one deal earlier this year.In economic news this morning, producer price data unexpectedly fell. The producer price index fell 0.2% month-on-month in June while the core index dropped 0.3%. A Briefing.com consensus had expected the headline producer price index to show 0.4% monthly growth for June and a core print of 0.1% growth. If the economy were doing well, a dip in inflation would probably be welcome. But with the economy on the backfoot, falling prices seem to be a sign of economic weakness.Tech Stocks Continue Strong Performance On Thursday, outside of the tech and consumer defensive sectors, news that coronavirus cases continued to rise sapped optimism across the board. While the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (COMP) closed at another record high, the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) lost ground.On a day when people were worried about the economic reopening, you might have expected to see the Consumer Staples sector to do fairly well, both as a generally defensive play and on expectations of people buying more household necessities in case they have to stay at home more during the resurgence.But it's interesting to see the Information Technology sector do relatively well. Tech has traditionally been viewed as a cyclical sector, which tends to fall on bad economic news. But with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), and heavily tech-oriented Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) now among the largest companies in the world, their growth-to-value transition has given them a safety appeal to many investors, helping give them market leadership on days like Thursday. In addition to the evolution of tech and tech-related companies, some of the push into the tech sector is also likely coronavirus related. With the threat of more people having to stay home for longer if the economy can't get back up to speed as quickly as hoped, it seems that could continue being a boon for computer and internet related companies that help make possible remote learning and working as well internet-based entertainment.More Stock Optimism Among Younger Investors There has been a narrative in the media that retail investors have been piling into stocks willy nilly. But the reality appears to be more nuanced.While the total equities exposure TD Ameritrade clients have been willing to take has been on the rise, according to the June Investor Movement Index® (IMXSM), not everyone has been buying with both hands.Historically speaking, the IMX - which is TD Ameritrade's proprietary, behavior-based index aggregating Main Street investor positions and activity to measure what investors actually were doing and how they were positioned in the markets - is toward the lower end of its readings. An interesting wrinkle, however, is that millennial clients have increased their exposure to the market at a faster rate than traditional clients. It seems that there is some youthful optimism about the economy that might be related to younger people being less dramatically harmed by COVID-19.CHART OF THE DAY: AN INVERSE CORRELATION. It's normal to see a chart showing a rising gold price (candlestick) and a falling 10-Year Treasury Note Yield Index (purple line). Treasury yields fall as people buy government debt for a safe haven. Such buying also helps gold prices. But as Treasury yields remain ultra low, that also reduces the opportunity costs for holding gold, which doesn't pay interest. It seems likely that low interest rates will continue helping support gold, especially as we come into an uncertain U.S. election. Data source: CME Group, Cboe Global Markets. Chart source: The thinkorswim® platform from TD Ameritrade. For illustrative purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The Bad Gets Less Bad: In economic news Thursday, weekly jobless claims came in less than expected, helping offset some of the negative market sentiment. Initial unemployment claims for the week ended July 4 showed an addition of 1.314 million to state unemployment ranks, less than a Briefing.com consensus expectation of 1.35 million. Perhaps more importantly, it continued the trend of a decreasing number of new weekly claims. "The key takeaway from the report is that it suggests things are less bad on the job loss front, but less bad is clearly still a long way from good for both initial claims and continuing claims," Briefing.com said.Forecasting a Smaller Q3 Rebound: A new economic forecast from a major bank projects that the economy will bounce back sharply in Q3, but not as sharply as previously thought. It won't come as a surprise to anyone that the domestic economy contracted in Q2 - when retail sales, industrial production, and non-farm employment fell massively. Perhaps a more pressing question for Wall Street is what the economy might do during the Q3, especially as the coronavirus resurgence has complicated reopening activities. In a note Thursday, Wells Fargo Securities said it thinks real GDP will grow at a roughly 18% annualized rate during Q3. That's a strong rate but lower than the 24% the bank had previously projected because of the slowed reopening process. Still, growth of 18% would be a big step in the right direction. "It appears that the economy entered the third quarter with significant momentum, albeit from a low base," the note said.Airline Traffic Continues To Increase: The number of air passenger numbers in the United States are still a fraction of what they were before the pandemic, but they are on the rise. Transportation Security Administration data from Wednesday showed total traveler throughput numbers at checkpoints was 632,498, after sinking below 90,000 in April. For some perspective, that new number is a little over 25% of what travel numbers were the previous year. Airlines have become one way that market participants have been trying to get exposure to the reopening economy at what could be bargain prices if things eventually get back to relative normalcy. But the timeline of that last bit has increasingly come into question. TD Ameritrade clients have been net buyers of Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) and American Airlines Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) on weakness in the two airlines' stocks, according to a TD Ameritrade summary of information from the June IMX. "Both stocks traded higher early in the period on hopes of an economic recovery and increased demand but fell as the period progressed and COVID-19 cases increased in the U.S.," the summary said. Good Trading, JJ @TDAJJKinahanTD Ameritrade® commentary for educational purposes only. Member SIPC. See more from Benzinga * Walgreen's Shares Fall As Earnings Miss, But Costco Same-Store Sales For June Impress * Waiting For Earnings: Bed, Bath & Beyond, Walgreens Straight Ahead Before Banks Next Week * How Did The Comms Sector Play Through Q2 And What's Ahead?(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
- TheStreet.com
Dow Futures Lower As Coronavirus Resurgence Tests Global Recovery; Bonds Rally as Investors Spurn Risk Markets
U.S. coronavirus infections hit record highs for the sixth consecutive day, with fatalities rising in Florida, Texas and California, as the pandemic continues its resurgence through the world's largest economy.
- Financial Times
In a tech dominant world keep watching financials
Global equities are slipping, aside from US tech shares and a relentless rally in China, with risk sentiment finally taking notice of new Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Australia, Mexico and the US. This suggests a global economic recovery being clipped in the coming weeks. Indeed, the US 10-year Treasury note yield is utterly anchored around 0.6 per cent and has been since April, apart from a brief pop towards 0.9 per cent in early June on upbeat economic data.
- Yahoo Finance Video
This week in Trumponomics
Yahoo Finance's Rick Newman joined The Final Round to discuss the state of the US's economic recovery as coronavirus cases surge in parts of the country amid reopenings.
- Yahoo Finance Video
10-year Treasury yield touches 7-week low
Chief Fixed Income Strategist at Charles Schwab Kathy Jones joins Yahoo Finance’s Kristin Myers to discuss the outlook on Treasury yields after weekly jobless claims totaled 1.31 million.
- Yahoo Finance Video
The negative surprises for the market 'are going to come from earnings': Strategist
Victoria Fernandez, Crossmark Global Investments Chief Market Strategist, joined The Final Round to give her outlook for the market and her outlook for second quarter earnings.
BloombergHard to See Rates Going Up in Next Few Years, HSBC Says
Jul.08 -- Steven Major, global head of fixed income research at HSBC, comments on Treasury yields, interest rates and the impact of the demand shock on the global economy. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: European Open."
- Yahoo Finance Video
What investors are watching ahead of Q2 earnings
Sam Hendel, Levin Easterly Partners President, joined Yahoo Finance's The Final Round to discuss his outlook for the market and stocks he's watching.
- Yahoo Finance Video
MARKETS: S&P 500, Nasdaq snap 5-day winning streak — YF Premium is bearish on Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre joins Myles Udland to break down the day's price action in stocks as well as a short in Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), a Yahoo Finance Premium Investment Idea.
- MarketWatch
30-year Treasury yield marks biggest drop in 3 weeks as bond auction fetches record low yield
U.S. Treasury yields fall Tuesday after a bond auction fetches its lowest yield on record, highlighting the U.S. government’s ultralow borrowing costs as the economy recovers from the coronavirus crisis.
- TheStreet.com
Dow Futures Slide, Dollar Rallies As US Coronavirus Infections Near 3 Million
U.S. stocks are set to decline for the first day in six Tuesday as investors shift focus to the economic costs of the global coronavirus pandemic.
- Financial Times
Stock market rally stalls as investors hunt for safer assets
Stocks retreated across the world on Tuesday, ending a six-day global rally that had brought equities in the US within striking distance of positive territory for the year. The declines, which accompanied a spurt of buying of haven assets including US Treasuries and UK gilts, came as traders weighed flare-ups in coronavirus cases in several parts of the world. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 1.1 per cent, with roughly four shares falling in the index for each stock that advanced.
- Yahoo Finance Video
'What we're seeing here is re-employment': Economist on the June jobs report
Michael Gapen, Chief U.S. Economist at Barclays, joined The Final Round to discuss his outlook for the U.S. economy following the June jobs report
- MarketWatch
The stock market is poised for a 40% drop, warns economist who says the current climate feels a lot like 1929
“Stocks are [behaving] very much like that rebound in 1929 where there is absolute conviction that the virus will be under control and that massive monetary and fiscal stimuli will reinvigorate the economy,” he said, adding that the market could drop as much as 40% over the next year. “I think we’re going to see downward pressure on prices and that works to the advantage of Treasury bonds (BX:TMUBMUSD10Y) which have been my favorite since 1981,” he said. “This pandemic is likely to be the most disruptive financial and social event since World War II with equally long-lasting consequences,” Shilling wrote, citing the stark unemployment numbers at the time.
- MarketWatch
Treasury yields rise as China fuels global stock-market rally
U.S. Treasury yields rise Monday as Chinese bullish sentiment spilled over into global equity markets, weighing on appetite for safe-haven assets.
- MarketWatch
JP Morgan joins the list of Wall Street banks calling for the demise of 60/40 portfolio, despite its success this year
In a year where a classic 60/40 allocation has showed its value, JP Morgan is joining the line of Wall Street banks that are calling the demise of the traditional portfolio.
- Financial Times
The Fed is rightly wary of embarking on yield curve control
The Federal Reserve has set a cracking pace in terms of supporting the US economy and global financial system. Policymakers have winced at the idea of negative interest rates. Capping the level of Treasury yields, also known as yield curve control, would repeat a policy the Fed last used during and after the second world war.
- MarketWatch
Is the stock market closed today? For 4th of July, here’s everything investors need to know about trading hours and closures
Independence Day falls on Saturday this year, meaning that U.S. financial markets will be closed on Friday.
- Yahoo Finance Video
It's going to be 'an uphill battle' to keep the economic expansion going and recover lost jobs: Economist
Diane Swonk, Grant Thornton's Chief Economist, joined The Final Round to discuss the June jobs report and gave her outlook for the US economy amid reopenings.
- MarketWatch
Treasury yields edge lower as doubts of U.S. recovery creep up as coronavirus cases spike
Treasury yields retreat from their session highs Thursday, on haven buying spurred by fears that the U.S. could fail to bring the coronavirus under control and undermine labor gains seen in June’s job report.
- Yahoo Finance Video
Market Recap: Thursday, July 2
The markets closed in the green after Thursday’s trading session with investors confident in the markets as a near 5 million jobs were created in the month of June. The Final Round panel discusses the latest.
- Yahoo Finance
Stock market news live updates: Stocks jump after June jobs data smash expectations
Stock rose on Thursday, as investors cheered the resiliency of a U.S. economy that created nearly 5 million jobs last month in the throes of the raging coronavirus pandemic.
- MarketWatch
U.S. factory orders rise for first time in three months
Factory orders rose 0.8% in May, the first gain in three months, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch were expecting a 9.7% gain. Orders fell a revised 13.5% in the prior month and 11% in March as the economy was locked down from the pandemic. In May, durable goods orders rose 15.7%, only slightly down from last week's initial reading of a 15.8% increase. Orders for nondurable goods were up 2% in the month. Orders for nondefense capital goods, excluding aircraft rose 1.6% in May, down from the prior estimate of a 2.3% rise.
- Yahoo Finance Video
Major indices open in the green as June jobs report sees 4.8M jobs added
Amanda Agati, PNC Chief Investment Strategist, joins Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous, Brian Sozzi and Jared Blikre to discuss the latest market action.
