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I have been running into cross-market yield comparisons in the news flow in recent weeks. For example, the raw U.S. Treasury/German bund yield spread often comes up in valuation discussions.The simple rule of thumb is that one should never make such cross-currency yield comparisons; they only matter if the currency value is being pegged. Since I do not have a handy source for euro-denominated bond yields, I will use the Canada-U.S. comparison.... Bond Economics Why Cross-Currency Bond Yield Spreads Do Not MatterBrian Romanchuk
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: bond yields, international finance, yield spread
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I have been running into cross-market yield comparisons in the news flow in recent weeks. For example, the raw U.S. Treasury/German bund yield spread often comes up in valuation discussions.The simple rule of thumb is that one should never make such cross-currency yield comparisons; they only matter if the currency value is being pegged. Since I do not have a handy source for euro-denominated bond yields, I will use the Canada-U.S. comparison.... Bond Economics Why Cross-Currency Bond Yield Spreads Do Not MatterBrian Romanchuk
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: bond yields, international finance, yield spread
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I have been running into cross-market yield comparisons in the news flow in recent weeks. For example, the raw U.S. Treasury/German bund yield spread often comes up in valuation discussions.The simple rule of thumb is that one should never make such cross-currency yield comparisons; they only matter if the currency value is being pegged. Since I do not have a handy source for euro-denominated bond yields, I will use the Canada-U.S. comparison....Bond Economics
Why Cross-Currency Bond Yield Spreads Do Not Matter
Brian Romanchuk