Enlarge image Italy Fake Bonds Counterfeit U.S. bond confiscated in Switzerland shown on Feb. 17, 2012. Photograph: Carabinieri/AP Counterfeit U.S. bond confiscated in Switzerland shown on Feb. 17, 2012. Photograph: Carabinieri/AP Italian anti-mafia prosecutors said they seized a record $ 6 trillion of allegedly fake U.S. Treasury bonds, an amount that’s almost half of the [...]

Italian police seized about $ 6 trillion worth of fake U.S. Treasury bonds and other securities in Switzerland, and arrested eight Italians accused of international fraud and other financial crimes, police reported on Friday. The operation, coordinated by prosecutors from the southern Italian city of Potenza, was carried out by Italian, Swiss and U.S. authorities [...]

– Treasurys post weekly price decline, but loss moderate – Market faces $ 99 billion in new notes supply next week – Goldman: 10-year yield 45 basis point lower due to Fed, euro zone – Bond market closes Monday for U.S. public holiday NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Nurtured by some hopes that a bailout deal for [...]

By Min Zeng Although Bill Gross may have missed the broad rally in Treasurys, the manager of the world’s biggest bond fund has found ways to extract decent returns from that market and recover from a poor performance last year. Gross, the founder and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., appears to have [...]

BY MIN ZENG NEW YORK—After flying high for most of Wednesday’s session, Treasury bonds were pulled down by a Federal Reserve report and comments from a top European Union official that allayed fears about the Greek debt crisis. Investors had flocked to Treasury bonds for safety earlier, jolted by news reports that a bailout deal [...]

–Euro-zone uncertainty, U.S. retail sales key boost for rally –EU finance minister meeting due Wednesday was called off –Bearish bets on Treasurys fell to lowest since October poll NEW YORK (Dow Jones) — Treasury bonds lured investors on Valentine’s Day, as uncertainty over the euro zone’s debt crisis and disappointing U.S. retail sales boosted demand [...]

  Bonds and U.S. Treasury Bond ETFs are confused as conflicting forces battle over future of interest rates U.S. Treasury Bond ETFs remain in a sideways channel, confused over the future direction of the world economy and interest rates. On the one hand, yields appear ready to be forced up by improving economic reports in [...]

February 10, 2012, 11:51 PM EST By Wes Goodman and Susanne Walker (Updates yields in fifth, sixth paragraphs. Adds outlook for consumer prices based on Treasury Inflation Protected Securities at end.) Feb. 10 — Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross increased his holdings of Treasuries to the highest level since July 2010, while billionaire investor [...]

–Gross boost Treasurys to 38% from 30% in December –Gross lifted MBS Holdings to 50% from 48% in December –Gross held more Tsys in the fund compared to benchmark index (Update to add analyst comment, Pimco spokesman declined to comment, Treasury bond return.) NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, [...]

(This article was originally published Monday.) – Gross’s fund lured $ 230.6 million in new cash last month – January inflow staunched the fund’s bleeding of three consecutive months – The fund has outperformed so far this year after being a laggard in 2011 NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Is the Bond King back? Renowned fund manager [...]

– Uncertainties over Greece eclipses Friday’s upbeat U.S. data – 10-year yield halves Friday’s rise; 1.8%-2.1% range persists – Bond market faces $ 72 billion in new debt sales NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Uncertainties over a bond-swap deal to avoid a default by Greece rode to the U.S. Treasury market’s rescue Monday. The price rebound from [...]

February 02, 2012, 5:40 PM EST By Susanne Walker Feb. 2 — Treasury bonds fell for a second day, pushing yields above 3 percent, as a report showing a decline in weekly U.S. jobless claims added to speculation the Labor Department will say employers added workers last month. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note [...]