US Bond Funds Rack up Biggest Weekly Inflow in Three Months
U.S. investors poured a massive sum into bond funds in the seven days leading to Nov. 8 on hopes of a turnaround in Treasury bond prices following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged.
A report from the U.S. Labor Department indicating a slowdown in job growth in October, also lifted bond prices last week. The yields on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds, which move inversely to prices, hit a five-week low of 4.484% last Friday.
According to LSEG data, U.S. bond funds amassed a net $3.61 billion worth of inflows during the week, the biggest amount since July 5.
A report from the U.S. Labor Department indicating a slowdown in job growth in October, also lifted bond prices last week. The yields on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds, which move inversely to prices, hit a five-week low of 4.484% last Friday.
According to LSEG data, U.S. bond funds amassed a net $3.61 billion worth of inflows during the week, the biggest amount since July 5.
A tick up in U.S. Treasury yields on Monday helped send the dollar to a fresh one-year high against the yen, while scuppering an early tech-led equity rally.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields pushed to a one-week high of 4.668%, testing the top of its range since soft non-farm payroll figures at the start of the month stoked bets for earlier Federal Reserve rate cuts. $Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US$ $SPDR S&P 500 ETF(SPY.US$ $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF(TLT.US$ $U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield(US10Y.BD$ $U.S. 20-Year Treasury Bonds Yield(US20Y.BD$ $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US$
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields pushed to a one-week high of 4.668%, testing the top of its range since soft non-farm payroll figures at the start of the month stoked bets for earlier Federal Reserve rate cuts. $Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US$ $SPDR S&P 500 ETF(SPY.US$ $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF(TLT.US$ $U.S. 10-Year Treasury Notes Yield(US10Y.BD$ $U.S. 20-Year Treasury Bonds Yield(US20Y.BD$ $S&P 500 Index(.SPX.US$
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