Naomi Hasegawa
Naomi Hasegawa
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Many investors are reluctant to trade actively before the central bank starts its two-day meeting Wednesday.
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Falling stocks and a rising yen raises speculation among investors the central bank will avoid saying anything to add to an outlook for higher rates. It will encourage investors to buy bonds.
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The Bank of Japan's decision was well anticipated. Most measures it plans to implement appear to be within market expectations.
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US Treasuries, particularly long-term bonds, were robust on Friday, when the Japanese market was closed. Some bond investors view the surge in stocks as bubble while some investors take comfort in the view that the zero-interest rate policy will continue even after the Bank of Japan lifts ultra-loose monetary stance.
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The report suggests we're one step closer to the Bank of Japan's exit from its current loose monetary policy. That's negative for Japanese government bonds.
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Market expectations appear to be accelerating and unless the central bank takes action soon, it may lose the market's confidence.
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In addition a report that Japanese banks stepped up the reduction in their JGB holdings also weighed on sentiment here.
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We might see some selling in 20-year bonds before the auction.
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There's speculation out there that more policy makers will cast votes against keeping the policy unchanged. That is negative for bonds.
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Bond prices got a boost from the fairly good outcome of today's two-year debt auction, while index-trackers actively purchased government debt paper, which supported the market.
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Gains in stocks will help push down bonds and I don't think investors will aggressively buy after yesterday's rally.
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The news could be a trigger to buy bonds. Investors dislike uncertainty.
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The bond market reacted directly to the equities market, like a textbook example.
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Trading in future contracts led the market today, with bullish sentiment there gradually spreading to cash bonds. This is probably because some investors took heart from a pullback in the equity market here.