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Wall Street Journal
10-07-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Machine for Financing Rooftop Solar Is Seizing Up
Surging defaults on loans used to buy residential solar panels are cascading through Wall Street, catching bond investors and private-credit funds in their wake. Some bonds tied to GoodLeap, a financial-technology firm that lends money for solar installations, have stopped paying interest, people familiar with the matter said. The payments stopped because far more homeowners are defaulting on the loans than initially forecast, they said.
New York Times
03-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Quote of the Day: Economists See Trouble Ahead In G.O.P.'s Bill
'Investors are already jittery about this, so this is not just hypothetical.' DAIVID H. ROMER, economist at the University of California, Berkeley, on how the government's growing budget deficits are making bond investors nervous. Economists warn that could make it harder to respond to future crises. Page A1.
Bloomberg
29-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
FX Hedging Cost Drop Sparks Debate on Asian Bond Protection Bets
A decline in currency hedging costs across Asia is fueling a debate among bond investors on whether they should fortify their portfolios with cheap protection or let the opportunity slide. Three-month forward implied yields for dollar-won have fallen to around 1.7% this week, the lowest level in more than two years, signaling plummeting hedging costs for South Korean bonds. The same gauges for currencies in Thailand, Indonesia, China and India are also below their one-year averages, according to Bloomberg calculations.
Bloomberg
23-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
US Long-Term Borrowing Costs Surge Over Deficit Concerns
Bond investors are demanding more and more compensation to hold long-dated US debt as global markets grow anxious about the widening fiscal deficit in the world's biggest economy. The US 10-year term premium — or the extra return investors demand to own longer-term debt instead of a series of shorter ones — has climbed to near 1%, a level last seen in 2014. It's a measure of how jittery investors are about plans to raise the scale of future borrowing.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Bond Market Isn't ‘Fully Healed' From the Tariff Setback
Bond investors, on the other hand, are holding on to the wounds of the past as their losses from April's tariff shock remain. The has gained 15 out of the past 22 trading days since Trump's reciprocal tariffs were paused. The gains come despite the president's threats to place high tariffs on most countries unless they reach a deal with the U.S. While Trump has paused the harshest tariffs, a 10% levy remains on most.
