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Treasury Bond Market Hours
The bond market in the U.S. is also known as debt, credit or fixed income market. A bond market is where investors buy and sell debt securities in the form of bonds. The size of the U.S. bond market debt is valued at $25.2 trillion. |
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The U.S. Treasury bonds and note futures are the fundamental risk management tools for investors all over the world.
Nearly all of the $923 billion average daily trading volume of the U.S. Treasury bond market happens between brokers and dealers, and large institutions in a decentralized market. On the other hand, small number of bonds are traded on the exchanges they are listed on and these are usually corporate bonds. This does not mean that the Treasury bond market does not have hours. The New York Stock Exchange holds two bond auctions daily. One is the Opening Bid Bond Auction at 4 a.m. and the other is the Core Bond Auction at 9.30 a.m. Since most bond trading happens over the counter market rather than exchange market, trading of bonds can happen 24 hours.
Treasury bonds are popular because they are an effective and low-cost method of gaining financial freedom even if the market rates a rising or falling. Institutional and individual investors can control the risk in holding fixed income securities and optimize their performance.
The U.S. Treasury bond futures were first introduced and this was followed by the introduction of futures on 10-year, 5-year and 2-year U.S. Treasury notes. All this started in the mid 1970s. Today U.S. Treasury bond futures are the most actively traded interest rate contracts in the whole world.
The liquidity offered by Treasury bond market allows your to enter and exit positions easily and quickly and you can manage short-term, medium-term and long-term risks without any problems.
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