Spreads on Greek government bonds over German Bunds have widened to more than 2.5 percentage points.
German bunds, U.K. gilts, and U.S. Treasurys are yielding well under 2 percent in nominal terms.
So far this year Spanish bond yields have decoupled from Portugal's and narrowed with German Bunds.
Spreads on Greek bonds over German bunds are eight points wider than a year ago.
In July, European shares, ten-year German Bunds and gold all rose by more than 2.5%.
The euro zone's temperature chart the spread of bond yields over German bunds is gradually narrowing.
Exide's seven-year bonds yield nearly 4% more than seven-year German government bonds, known as bunds.
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The pleasant surprise has bunds trading close to their lows and the peripheral spreads trading much tighter.
German 10-year bunds surged by 112 ticks Friday as the benchmark yield slid by seven basis points.
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German bunds surged with eth yield sliding by 15 basis points to a seven-month low at 2.67%.
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Markets are already preparing their own contingency plans, investing their money in German bunds and U.S. dollars.
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The most important indicators, spreads on Spanish and Italian bonds over German bunds, have come down dramatically.
Greek bond yields reached spreads of 1404 basis points versus German bunds, with benchmark 10-year Greek bonds yielding 17%.
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Governments, meanwhile, will issue debt papers (like gilts, treasuries and bunds) in euros.
Flight-to-safety buying of U.S. Treasuries, German bunds, gold and the U.S. dollar all quickly came back into vogue late Monday.
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The euro weakened in response to the report while peripheral government bond spreads continued their blow out against German bunds.
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Ten-year bond yields in the country climbed to 5.99% and 6.58%, respectively, as spreads over corresponding German bunds widened further.
Spreads on ten-year government bonds over German Bunds a measure of the perceived risk that Greece may default on debt repayments edged upwards.
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German ten-year Bunds rose to 3%, a yield not seen since May.
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Other than the safe-haven German bunds, European bond yields were on the rise as fears of an EU debt contagion are again surfacing.
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On the flip side, bond yields are back on the rise in Spain, and Germany saw lackluster demand at an auction of 10-year bunds.
Yields on government bond debt for nearly all European countries, except German bunds, are rising, as investors sell over fears of eurozone sovereign debt contagion.
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Thus there is already barely the width of a cigarette paper between the yields on, say, ten-year French government bonds and their German equivalents, bunds.
As Loeb and other high profile investors reveal their winnings, and as spreads have narrowed relative to German bunds, the trade can become increasingly crowded.
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Government bonds across Europe are dropping into line with low-yielding bunds.
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The uptrends in the yields of the German ten-year Bunds and the US ten-year T-Notes (line a) shows a sharp increase since the start of May.
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Also, how many times this year have was seen Greek bonds declining rapidly while at the same time German bunds are rising on demand for safety.
Tiomkin thinks the fact that German Bunds have rallied suggests bond investors are betting Germany will stop bailing out the sovereign debt of other European countries.
An auction of German 10-year bunds Wednesday produced the lowest yield since last July, which underscored the keener risk aversion in the market place this week.
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Italian and Spanish bond prices slumped forcing benchmark yields up at a double-digit pace as speculators traded them in for the safer bet of German bunds.
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