Latest News in Stock Market Bonds – April 15, 2011

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Muni bonds that won’t blow up

The municipal bond market is finally starting to recover from a severe winter slump, and some experts say the outlook for state and local government debt is sunnier than ever.

Green shoots? Check the yield curve

If you’re looking for a sign that the economy may be on the mend, look no further than the Treasury yield curve — a closely monitored harbinger of the economy.

The basics: Know your bond funds

Treasuries keep gains after auction

Treasuries prices held on to gains following a solid government auction of $21 billion in 10-year notes Wednesday.

Junk bonds hitting saturation point

Wall Street can’t get of enough junk bonds, with investors snapping up record amounts in recent months. But the market may have reached its tipping point.

Stocks that bond investors can love

After a decade in which investors embraced bond funds while shunning U.S. stocks, the trend is reversing. In fact, if you’re thinking of joining the crowd that’s now fleeing slumping bond funds to try to chase hot stock returns, you’re a bit late to the party.

World’s biggest fund bets against U.S. debt

Pimco’s Bill Gross, who has spent recent months jawboning about the dangers of U.S. debt, has placed a $7 billion bet against Treasury bonds.

How do you say bond vigilantes in French?

Have you heard about the hottest new trend in Europe? It’s all the rage in Paris, Milan and Berlin. Inflation!

Why the Fed won’t raise rates this year

The recovery has hit a “soft patch,” say Goldman Sachs economists but they don’t expect the Fed to raise rates until 2013.

Bumpy ride for Treasuries in first quarter

The Treasury market bounced around a bunch in the first three months of the year, but it didn’t really go anywhere, as investors were pulled between signs of a recovering economy and a slew of geopolitical crises.

Why Pimco cut its bond holdings

When news broke that Pimco’s Total Return Fund had slashed its U.S. Treasury holdings to zero, investors were left wondering why the world’s biggest bond fund would bail out of the safe haven.

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