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Signa Prime Selection AG has agreed to sell three Italian properties, including the five-star Hotel Bauer in Venice, to the Schoeller Group.
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Jan 19, 2020
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,(Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasuries are stuck in the biggest rut in months, with yields plying tight ranges and a round of central-bank meetings ahead unlikely to offer a lasting jolt.
Volatility in the world’s borrowing benchmark is the lowest since May, and the 10-year Treasury yield is hovering mere basis points above its average since July. That’s even after absorbing the following this month: a flareup in Mideast tensions, the signing of a long-awaited U.S.-China trade deal, confirmation that American inflation remains tame amid solid growth, and a record-setting run in stocks.
Traders hoping for a catalyst to shake the bond world out of its doldrums may focus on central-bank decisions by month-end from Japan, Canada, the euro region, the U.S., and the U.K. However, all but possibly the Bank of England are seen as staying on hold.
A variety of offsetting forces are “taking the malaise in Treasuries and apathy expressed in rates toward the end of last year and pulling them into 2020,” says Scott Kimball, a portfolio manager for the fixed-income unit of BMO Global Asset Management. “It has to be a pretty big catalyst to break through in either direction.”
The 10-year Treasury yields about 1.82%. Its six-month average: 1.77%. Its climb to this month’s peak of 1.94% drew eager buyers, and it hasn’t been below 1.7% in that period.
Of the major central banks convening by the end of January, Kimball sees the Federal Reserve as having the most market-moving risk because of the chance officials could offer a surprisingly hawkish view, given the strength of the economy. Traders expect that policy makers’ next rate move, if any, will probably be a cut later this year.
The Fed’s signaling that it intends to keep rates steady, even after the U.S.-China trade deal, is supporting all assets, including Treasuries, says Jason Ware, managing director and head of institutional trading at 280 Securities.
“Unless the Fed becomes more hawkish, it’s status quo for the immediate future: Low volatility and high valuations on assets,” he said. “We’re probably not going to get anything that’s going to create volatility in this next round of meetings.”
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