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It's one of the primary reasons we're having higher yields so far this year.

It's the relative price of corn and beans and the relative yields that will determine this.

It's more of the same, with the perception that carry trades are being unwound, and that Japanese bond yields rose further today probably added to that trend.

It's been a long bull run with yields lower, and we're just seeing a few chinks taken out of the bond market's armor.

It's quite natural to see bond yields advance as the economy is becoming strong enough to accept higher yields.

It sounds like 'one and done' might be a strong possibility. If they are done at 5 percent, yields here are close to appropriate or could rally another 5 to 10 basis points.

Domestic bond yields have risen sharply and as a result utilities have lost their attractiveness.

Conditions in the U.S. are still buoyant. Ten-year yields at these levels are still expensive.

It's not a dramatic change to Fed expectations -- we've seen yields up a couple of basis points since the (data) -- but it's back toward the upside and that's dollar-supportive.

Economic data have been reasonably good, so the bonds continue to sell off. Strong economic growth means the central bank is likely to tighten further. You see significant back-up in yields across the board.

The big picture is still that 10-year yields are up 100 basis points (1 percentage point) in basically a month, so to see a 5- or 10-basis-point pullback is not a big deal. It's just a wiggle on the charts, ... You will get wiggles here and there, and whether it's driven by surprises in economic data, or in geopolitics, oil prices or stocks is anyone's guess.

The bond markets got a little ahead of themselves, causing yields to rise too quickly over the past few weeks. This week saw a bit of a correction and mortgage rates fell for the first time in eight weeks. Continued volatility in financial markets, however, will keep rates teetering up and down for some time to come.

The bias is for U.S. Treasury yields to trade modestly to the downside on risk-aversion shifts and the downside biases on U.S. economic releases this week.

Stocks have had a fantastic rally and this market is screaming for a correction. The excuse may come in the form of yields or record energy prices.

The auction went smoothly. Government notes have been sold excessively recently and yields have probably factored in the impact of a policy shift.

The airline battle to reduce costs, increase yields and improve efficiencies is effective well beyond expectations.

That is the opposite of what we should have happen. Out in this part of the country our yields can be variable, it can be dry and then it can be very wet.

Supply will be a greater factor pushing up yields. Investors won't be too keen to push yields any lower, even if economic data look positive for the market.

It's an equity story today in the bond markets. The equities decline is probably due to worsening economic fundamentals, so that will also pull yields down.

It seems almost on a daily basis yields are pushing higher in Japan.

I want to deplore our level of yields which is very low, pathetically low,

The U.S. may be keeping rates strong for the foreseeable future. It's a battle of yields and the dollar is still going to be king.

The U.S. is still our choice. Treasury yields are higher.

The U.S. economy is still very strong and that's not helping worries about inflation. Until there's some indication the Fed will stop, 10-year yields will be forced upwards.

The U.S. economy is doing okay and you have global growth doing fairly well. That's encouraging yields higher. A 5 percent yield in 10-year Treasuries represents fair value.

The yields on offer are very attractive versus the local bond yield, especially compared with the U.S. or Australia.

The yields in the short and midterm sectors have risen to levels that start to price in a possible end to zero-interest rates, as well as the end of the quantitative easing policy.

The yields indicate that markets aren't concerned about inflation or that they're confident that the Fed is on the job and will contain it. But there's some sort of subconscious, collective belief that sustained manageable inflation is too good to be true and eventually the other shoe will drop.

It was just a matter of time before 10-year yields reached 2 percent. The gain in stocks is helping add to negative sentiment about holding longer bonds.

This is clearly a profit warning. The world isn't getting any better and yields are only going one way -- down.

Once again, UPS reported stronger-than-expected volume growth but was not able to leverage that growth into strong upside margin improvement, as yields continued to decelerate.

Once bond yields started moving higher again, investors reflected on the interest rate environment and decided to take profits off the recent highs.

Not only will the market be surprised if we get to a 4.25 funds rate at the end of year, but 4.25 is by no means going to be the end. You're going to see a significant backup in yields to reflect that.

A further rise in oil prices and a retreat in Treasury yields could also create more headwinds for the market,

It's not a good time to hold bonds. Relative to economic fundamentals yields are too low.

At the same time, there are worries that bond yields may be rising.

A rise in longer-term bond yields would arguably be seen as doing some of the Fed's tightening work.

A rise in bond yields will have a more negative impact on technology stocks, unless they're accompanied by more-optimistic earnings numbers from the tech companies, and we haven't seen that yet.

Apart from placing upward pressure on the yields in these markets, short-term rates may also respond, higher.

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The Fed will hike at least once more, and there won't be a significant slowdown in the second half of the year. Yields could go some basis points higher from current levels.

Inflation is still relatively benign. Yields are down, which is helping. People are getting out of bonds and probably putting some money to work in equities.

Inflation concerns are going to push up bond yields. Ten-year yields will rise to 2 percent in the first quarter.

Increasing pressure from the Finance Ministry helped bonds to gain. Bonds had a gradual decline over the past weeks and yields came to a level where they look attractive.

Increasing pressure from the Finance Ministry and the auction result for 30-year debt fueled the market recovery. Yields were approaching an attractive level to buy for investors.

In Japan, the Bank of Japan is telling markets absolutely everything, leading short-term bond yields to rise to a level that threatens prospects for an accelerated end to deflation.

In all likelihood, disappointing data will at some point in time dampen rate hike expectations. There's a reasonably good chance for yields to move substantially lower over the course of this year.

Imperfect substitutability of assets implies that changes in the supplies of various assets available to private investors may affect the prices and yields of those assets.

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In Argentina in particular you have seen a pickup in volatility over the last couple of months, and it has to do with the fact that it has higher yields available and longer duration and makes it prone to volatility.

In a low-yield environment, there was a lot of interest in high-yield markets such as the Icelandic. But with yields on the rise in Europe and the U.S., we want to see a lot more quality before we feel comfortable investing, as high yields alone are no longer enough.

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If you've got flat revenues, rising costs, then that will squeeze your profits and that is the scenario I think people are concerned about at the moment. What I would say of course is that we shouldn't forget that cargo volumes have been rising very fast, cargo yields have been rising double digits ... to the extent that oil prices rise it really doesn't matter if it's a short term price spike.

I hear many investors want to sell bonds now as prices are high. It is hard to buy bonds at around 10-year yields near 1.3 percent.

Investors may start worrying that the central bank will scale back its monthly bond purchases to reduce the amount of money in the system. That will push up yields further.

Investors feel there is no need to aggressively buy bonds now as yields may continue climbing amid signs of solid economic growth.

Investors don't feel safer buying bonds as they remain strongly concerned about a rate hike and higher yields. Surging Treasury yields will pressure Japanese yields to rise.

Investors could get in trouble in the search for yields by buying a stock that has a high yield only because the stock price is going down.

Investors cannot justify buying bonds and they want to avoid 10-year yields going lower than 1.3 percent. There is a five-year note auction next week and investors don't want to have a low coupon on it.

Investors are underestimating the strength of consumer confidence in Europe so yields can keep rising. This is not a good time to buy.

Investors are still picking up some paper. Yields were bid up last week (but) refunding starts tomorrow . . . the market may be weak going into the flow of supply.

Investors aren't sure if they should buy more longer-dated bonds with yields this low.

Investors aren't going to chase 20-year bonds with yields under 2 percent. The market is facing selling pressure before the auction.

Investors are also getting a bit tired of these tight spreads and they are not sure if they should invest at those spreads, particularly with the Treasury yields heading up.

Investors are also buying shares in firms with attractive dividend yields ... such as steel makers and gas and electric power companies.

Investors will be reluctant to buy bonds ahead of the five-year notes sale today. There is a concern bond yields will keep rising and the central bank is desperately seeking to raise interest rates.

Investors think hurricanes had a very limited impact on U.S. corporate sectors and U.S. yields continue to look very healthy. That's going to keep supporting the dollar.

Investors should prepare for a change in monetary policy. Hold off buying 10-year bonds as yields are going to grind higher.

In the last three years, bonds have done OK, with yields around 6 percent. But the stock market has more than doubled.

Higher long-term yields are a major concern for property companies which have a large portion of interest-bearing debt.

Higher expected yields result in higher guarantees. Higher guarantees then increase chances of receiving insurance payments and increase the amount of payments when they occur.

Higher bond yields would put downward pressure on the markets.

But it hasn't. The debt market expects Greenspan will achieve a soft landing, which means corporate earnings aren't going to crash and the outlook for corporate borrowers remains positive. That's driven yields lower, which in turn has kept borrowing costs lower for companies.

I didn't expect 5 percent yields at all, it's a little bit overdone. In the short-term we're likely to see a rebound.

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Because of fears over an early end to the quantitative monetary easing policy and overrated speculation of subsequent rate increases following the policy shift, we have seen last week yields rise to levels that fully price in a 0.5 percentage point rate hike.

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Buying enthusiasm dried up as the day progressed. Lingering worries over rising energy prices and higher bond yields may have finally caught up with the market.

By mid-summer Bund yields could drop to 3.0 percent.

If European companies start to cut dividend yields this could start to hold the market back. The dividend yield cut story is just another excuse for investors to sell stocks.

If Fed Funds were expected to rise in the future, the curve would be positive with intermediate and long bonds requiring higher yields as a cushion against accelerating short rates. If the Fed were expected to lower rates, a flatter, even inverted curve might result. It's not that this academic theory has been dislodged in recent years but it may have been asked to take a seat next to the increasingly important variable of global financial flows. These flows, no doubt, rely critically on the willingness of foreign investors to hold U.S. assets in the face of potential currency and asset price depreciation.

I don't see why yields in the core markets won't fall further when we continue to have a huge global saving surplus.

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If done under the right set of circumstances, though, no-till can mean higher yields over the long term.

I don't think this sheds a whole lot of new light on where the Fed is headed. Over the next several months, we retain our bearish bias and expect yields to grind higher.

Government debt sold off too much. Yields are high enough to lure investors. Yields already reflect speculation that a rate increase may come in the fourth quarter of 2006.

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You could see two-year yields spiking up to around 5 percent before the Fed is done.

The key was the weak retail sales report that helped bond yields come in.

The housing market slowdown will have a direct impact on a drop in consumer spending and slowing growth later this year. This is a good time to be buying bonds with yields at these levels.

The European economy points toward solid growth. We are looking for yields above 3.5 percent within a month.

The end of quantitative easing will definitely be yen positive. Government bond yields are going to rise and that increases the attraction of the yen.

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The growth fundamentals really weren't there for the euro. The U.S. has a strong economy, it has high yields and that's good for the dollar.

The inflation data we will see this week and next will support the view the Fed can keep on hiking at the next two meetings. Yields will rise led by the shorter-maturity debt.

The general assessment for the U.S. economy in 2006 is continued robust growth, at least at the same pace as in 2005. Ten-year yields are too low.

The economy hasn't lost strength and yields are not likely to fall more. It is hard to expect investors will buy bonds.

The economic recovery is very well underpinned. Yields are very low.

The economic outlook favors higher yields next year. The deflationary era has finally ended and a sustainable increase in consumer prices is likely to get underway soon.