Moving to BONDS in the short term/medium term

Trade_It said:

Last night I opened US Bonds contract. (jeez having to stay up that late has made my morning really fun!)

Now the correction has hit any one else moving some money into the the US Bonds market?

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bvbfan said:

I'm only following bonds for a gauge of Forex movements but I think bond prices will start to decline ie: bond yields will rise soon.
But that is only my opinion and usually changes quite quickly if data suggests otherwise.

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bvbfan said:

You can not be serious


You opened a bond position without knowing the yield, let alone the term yield?

Yield is basically the value of the interest payments made by the bond issuer to the bond holder as a percentage of the price paid.
So if the bond price is rising, the bond yield is decreasing. (and vice versa)

Bond prices/yield from CNN

5 year bond yield chart (you can get the 13week, 10year and 30year bond yields with codes $IRX, $TNX and $TYX)

I'm only following bonds for a gauge of Forex movements but I think bond prices will start to decline ie: bond yields will rise soon.
But that is only my opinion and usually changes quite quickly if data suggests otherwise.

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