U.S. Treasury

U.S. Treasury yields rose sharply on Monday after a difficult week for stocks and bonds, which on Wednesday sent what many see as a recession signal when the spread between the 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields inverted. The Yield Curve has steepened over the last two sessions and stocks have...

The Treasury yield curve has been warning about a recession, but market watchers say it’s about to send an even stronger message as the 10-year yield looks set to fall below the 2-year note yield. Various parts of the yield curve have been inverted, but the traditionally watched 2-year to 10-...

Wall Street seems a bit out of breath after its fast climb over the last week. There’s a heavy feeling in the air early Wednesday following Tuesday’s lower session. We’re arguably at a crossroads. Many investors are suffering from FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) syndrome, meaning they...

The U.S. Treasury completed auctions for $95 billion in debt Thursday morning, just two days after auctioning off an additional $87 billion this week. What Happened The Treasury offered $35 billion in 56-day bills maturing on May 21 and $60 billion in 28-day bills maturing on April 23. The median...

Making ends meet has become increasingly tough for the United States, and as expenses burgeon, the government has no other recourse but to bank on borrowings to keep the show going. This brings up the question of whether the United States can keep on borrowing to meet the ever-widening budgetary...

The General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) IPO launched on November 17, 2010. Since then, much has happened with the “new” General Motors. Over the past four years, from November 17, 2010, when the “new” GM launched, to now, General Motors Company share prices were down...

U.S. stocks were little changed as uncertainty in Ukraine remains with comments out of Poland's government suggesting that the likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has increased over the past day. NATO's deputy secretary general shared similar sentiments and stated that Russia...

With the Senate's recent approval of the House-passed clean debt limit legislation, now might be a good time to define the debt ceiling (aka “debt limit”). The U.S. Treasury defines the debt limit as “the total amount of money that the United States government is authorized to borrow to meet...

If you or someone you know has student loan debt, it is probably not an insignificant amount of money. According to CNN, the average student loan debt for the class of 2012 was $29,400. That much debt is not good for you – or for the economy. As a result, the U.S. Department of Education and...

According to Jim Bullard, the chances of the Fed tapering have increased due to recent labor market data. “There is no widely accepted reason why inflation is running as low as it is in the face of extraordinarily accommodative policy for the Fed,” he added. The St. Louis Fed chief added that...

As recently as March 1, a unit of the mystery money was trading for $33 (USD), having doubled its value since the beginning of the year. BusinessWeek's proclamation that it "may be the global economy's last haven" comes as the currency surpassed a $1 billion monetary base on March 28, and as of...

Futures Lower Following North Korean Nuclear Test U.S. equity futures declined in overnight trade as many Asian markets remained closed as North Korean tested its third atomic bomb in defiance of the U.N. South Korean authorities registered a 4.9 magnitude earthquake in its northern counterpart,...