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Bonds are rallying

Jul 7, 2015, 20:18 IST

Uncertainty over Greece has money moving out of riskier assets like stocks and commodities and into the safety of government debt.

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Aggressive buying has pressured government debt yields on traditional safe-havens to their lowest levels since the beginning of June. When bond yields fall, bond prices rise, and so alternatively you could say that bonds are rallying.

Here's the scoreboard:

  • UK 10-year yield: -18 basis points at 1.82%
  • Germany 10-year yield: -12 basis points at 0.639%
  • France 10-year yield: -11 basis points at 1.13%
  • US 10-year yield: -9 basis points at 2.19%

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Interestingly, peripheral debt is also bid, but yields remain near multi-month highs.

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  • Spain 10-year yield: -8 basis points at 2.28%
  • Italy 10-year yield: -9 basis points at 2.29%

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Lagging notably is Portugal, who was a previous recipient of an IMF bailout, but exited the program in May 2014. While yields across most of Portugal's curve are higher, the 10-year holds slightly below the flat line.

  • Portugal 10-year yield: -2 basis points at 3.13%

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