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Dec 2023
9m 59s

US Treasury yields drop like a stone

JULIUS BAER
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US equities rallied and bond yields fell sharply on Friday after comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell raised market bets that interest rates will be cut next year sooner than markets had previously discounted. Gold rose to an all-time high in Asian trading today, at one point reaching USD 2,135 an ounce. Bitcoin rose above USD 41,500 on the prospect of lower interest rates and the approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF. Roche buys Carmot Therapeutics to enter the obesity treatment market. And at COP 28, more than 20 countries pledged to triple nuclear power by 2050. Mensur Pocinci, Head of Technical Analysis Research, notes that the decline in bond yields could be much faster than most expect.

00:00 Introduction by Helen Freer (Investment Writing)

00:24 Markets wrap-up by Mike Rauber (Investment Writing)

05:55 Technical Analysis update by Mensur Pocinci (Head of Technical Analysis Research

08:47 Closing remarks by Helen Freer (Investment Writing)

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