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26-08-2019, 07:33 PM
I am not trying to sound like a doomsayer, but imo, the future looks bleak for deposit/savings/fixed income yields. Hv to grow retirement nest as early as possible.
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In a world of negative yields, Singapore government bonds still pay interest
TOKYO • Singapore is offering a rare opportunity to buy positive-yielding quality bonds in a world that is rapidly turning negative.
The city state, which pays the highest returns among economies that have AAA credit ratings from all three major agencies, will sell reopened July 2029 government debt worth US$2.9 billion (S$4 billion) on Wednesday, the second-largest amount on record for 10-year tenors.....
Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Finland now have all their bonds across the spectrum - one year to 10 years and beyond - trading with negative yields. Sweden, France and Japan are not far off being totally negative too.
The yield on the benchmark United States 10-year Treasury bond remains in positive territory - but only just, and it is trekking down.
Government bonds are not the only investments producing negative returns.
Negative-yielding corporate debt also recently passed US$1 trillion in market value, CNBC reported last week.
Read more : https://www.straitstimes.com/business/ec...y-interest
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In a world of negative yields, Singapore government bonds still pay interest
TOKYO • Singapore is offering a rare opportunity to buy positive-yielding quality bonds in a world that is rapidly turning negative.
The city state, which pays the highest returns among economies that have AAA credit ratings from all three major agencies, will sell reopened July 2029 government debt worth US$2.9 billion (S$4 billion) on Wednesday, the second-largest amount on record for 10-year tenors.....
Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Finland now have all their bonds across the spectrum - one year to 10 years and beyond - trading with negative yields. Sweden, France and Japan are not far off being totally negative too.
The yield on the benchmark United States 10-year Treasury bond remains in positive territory - but only just, and it is trekking down.
Government bonds are not the only investments producing negative returns.
Negative-yielding corporate debt also recently passed US$1 trillion in market value, CNBC reported last week.
Read more : https://www.straitstimes.com/business/ec...y-interest