Bond yields can also be used to evaluate risk ... puts it: "Think of a see-saw — or teeter-totter for those in the north. When one goes up, the other goes down." This is due to how yields ...

In the U.S., it's partly due to expectations of a stronger, more inflationary future economy with bigger budget deficits.

“As yields are still closer to the upper end ... it’s by no means certain that the government bond market will seesaw by as much as investors are currently anticipating,” he says.

TIPS, like all bonds, operate like a seesaw. When the price of the bond rises, the yield or interest rate falls (and vice-versa). The price of TIPS bonds have been tumbling in recent weeks ...

Major U.S. stock averages closed Thursday's seesaw session lower ... Wednesday's stock rally was partially fueled by a slide in Treasury yields as prices fell. Bonds wobbled Thursday, with ...