Callable Bonds Explained: Call Protection, YTC and Risks
Learn how callable bonds work, why issuers redeem debt early, how to calculate Yield to Call vs. YTM, and how call protection impacts investor returns.
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Treasury Yields Spike as Q3 Closes: 10-Year Hits 5.29%
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield closed the third quarter at 5.29% as benchmark borrowing rates logged an 85-basis-point quarterly surge across debt markets.
Sabre Closes $1.35B Notes and Multi-Tranche Debt Tender
Sabre closed a $1.35B senior notes offering due 2032 to refinance 2029 debt, cutting coupons by up to 125 bps and extending maturities by three years.
Treasury Floating Rate Notes: How Index Rates and Spreads Work
Learn how Treasury Floating Rate Notes (FRNs) work, how their weekly index rate and fixed spread are determined, and why they carry near-zero duration.
10-Year Treasury Yield Tops 5%: Inside BofA’s Bond Call
As the 10-year Treasury yield clears 5.00%, Bank of America calls the century-worst bond slump a generational entry point for patient capital.
The 4 Yield Curve Shifts: Bull vs. Bear Steepeners & Flatteners
Understand the four yield curve regimes: bull steepener, bear steepener, bull flattener, and bear flattener, what drives them, and how they impact markets.
10-Year Treasury Hits 4.95%: S&P 500 Slides for 4th Day
The 10-year yield jumped 12 bp to 4.95% Sept. 10, its highest since Oct 2023, as the S&P 500 fell 0.58% for a fourth straight day ahead of Thursday’s CPI.
Yield Curve Inversion Explained: The Recession Signal
Why an inverted yield curve preceded every US recession since 1969, what the 10Y-2Y and 10Y-3M spreads measure, and the 2022 inversion that broke the pattern.
Yankee, Samurai, Kangaroo: Foreign Bonds Explained
Yankee, Samurai, Kangaroo, Panda, Dim Sum — a field guide to foreign-currency bonds: what each is, where it trades, who regulates it, and why issuers use them.
Bond Market Undoes Treasury’s Buyback Fix in 48 Hours
Bessent’s doubled long-end buybacks pulled the 10Y from 4.72% to 4.65% in a session. More than half the rally was gone by the next close.