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Source: Live Mint (Bloomberg) — Municipal bonds are looking attractive as they slowly start to recover from the tariff-fueled rout that sent yields soaring earlier this month. Benchmark yields for state and local US government debt are still elevated compared to where they stood before the historic selloff. For example, the 30-year yield is at…
Source: Live Mint The 10-year Indian bond yield, once trading at 12-13% in the late 90s, has now dropped from its 5-year high of around 7.5% to 6.7% as of February-end 2025. With the start of the interest rate cut cycle, yields are expected to fall further. And with no indexation benefits in debt mutual…
Source: Live Mint Here’s a quick look at the performance of different asset classes in 2024. India equities: taking a breather Unlike last year, when Indian stock markets were on a tear with the BSE 250 SmallCap Total Return Index (TRI) delivering 47.3% returns, this year the stock markets seem to have taken a breather….
Source: Live Mint US stock indices rose on Wednesday in anticipation of interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve, that is due to announce its final policy decision of this year later in the day. The central bank is widely expected to cut rates by a quarter point. At 12:00 pm ET, the Dow Jones…
Source: Business Standard Expectations of a 50 basis points rate cut by the Fed in November are completely off the table, with odds of a 25 bps cut soaring to 97 per cent from last week. (Photo: Shutterstock) 2 min read Last Updated : Oct 07 2024 | 9:48 AM IST Indian bond yields…
