The Latest Breaking News from Bonds

Canada will sell a government-backed, 5-year bond to raise money for Ukraine, the first country to do so, and it will impose new sanctions on 35 Russian individuals, including Gazprom executives, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday.

Inflation hedge Series I savings bonds paying 9.62% unleashed a flood of buyers to the Treasury Department website on Wednesday, crashing the website ahead of a Friday deadline to receive the guaranteed 9.62% interest rate. What Happened: "Due to exceptionally high traffic, the TreasuryDirect website has experienced intermittent slowdowns today,"…

Inertia or an excess of trust results in billions of pounds languishing in accounts paying little or no interest

Chicago won its first upgrade from Fitch Ratings Inc. in more than a decade, a sign that the Windy City is finally starting to turn its beleaguered finances around.

U.K. chaos shows how today's market conditions could mean more explosive results than the last standoff.

Despite recent turbulent economic events, the news is not as bad as it seems concerning people's pensions

Scamverts on social media platform show why new laws are needed to tackle £890m crimewave

When interest rates go up, bonds go down. Investors’ expectation that more interest rate hikes are ahead also leads to the selling of fixed-income instruments. 

We all appreciate why high inflation and a hawkish Fed is a bad combination for the stock market (SPY). However, this ill tasting tonic also reawakens serious concerns that could lead to much greater economic devastation and investment losses. 40 year investment veteran Steve Reitmeister spells out this potential “black…