China’s Bond-Yield Curve Gets Bent Out of Shape

 Investor sentiment is mixed after Beijing’s campaign this spring to make Chinese markets less risky, with yields on seven-year government bonds rising above yields of both five-year and 10-year bonds. Source: The Wall Street Journal China’s $1.7 trillion government-bond market is turning ever weirder. In a fresh sign of the nerves among investors caused by Beijing’s campaign this…

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Chinese Bonds could Trigger ‘Tremendous’ Demand from Wall Street

Foreign investors own just 1.2 percent of China’s $9 trillion bond market, but Wall Street’s attitude toward Chinese bonds may soon change Source: CNBC Suddenly, Wall Street is getting more serious about investing in Chinese bonds. The “potential demand is tremendous,” Rick Rieder, global chief investment officer of fixed income at BlackRock, told CNBC Tuesday. Major…

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