Investments

Donald Trump's presidential victory, stubbornly elevated inflation and a steady drumbeat of strong economic data have pushed 10-year Treasury yields up sharply since mid-September.

Yield-hungry insurers, banks and exchange-traded funds fueled demand this year while a wave of redemptions crimped net supply.

Investors bought 15.9% of U.S. homes sold in Q3, according to Redfin, a level similar to 2018 and 2019, when the share was around 14%.

Yields on 30-year bonds rose as much as 6 basis points to 4.68%, a level last seen at the end of May.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield topped 4.5% for the first time since May after the release of retail sales data including hefty upward revisions.

Treasury yields rose the day after President-elect Donald Trump was picked. The short-term result: It's harder for commercial real estate lenders and borrowers to find common ground.

Two-year yields — more closely tied to the Fed's decisions than longer-maturity debt — reached the highest level since July, and three- to 30-year yields rose at least 10 basis points.

So-called Trump trades seesawed as investors sought hedges before election day, only to pile back in as the results became clear.

Traders are looking to central bankers for clues on how Trump's tax-cut and tariff policies could alter their outlook for global growth and inflation.

Trump has promised levies on US imports that would upend global trade, tax cuts that would further stretch the federal budget and deportations that could shrink the pool of cheap labor.

The yield on 10-year Treasuries rose as much as five basis points to 4.33%, nearing an over three-month high, with strategists and investors warning of outsized market swings on the results of the vote.

Clients have been yanking their cash since the Pasadena, California-based company said on Aug. 21 that Leech was going on leave after he received a notice from the SEC that it may recommend enforcement action.

Mortgage professionals are focusing on housing policies and the Federal Reserve this November.

A measure of daily yield swings is at its highest in a year as traders position for further losses that could send 10-year yields as high as 4.5% over the next three weeks.

Since the first SLL was arranged roughly seven years ago, the market for such loans has grown to almost $1.8 trillion.

Yields across maturities rose at least four basis points, reaching the highest levels in more than two months, after the monthly auctions of two- and five-year Treasury notes both drew higher-than-anticipated yields.

The transaction will free up as much as $500 million for loans in Latin America and the Caribbean to help alleviate poverty and protect the environment.

Buybacks of Treasuries that are infrequently traded relative to its newest, or "on the run," notes and bonds, are intended to support market resilience by creating opportunities for dealers to offload them.

The fund will include asset-based loans such as CLOs.

Traders are pricing in roughly 20% odds that the Fed holds rates steady in either November or December.