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Memory says, I did that. Pride replies, I could not have done that. Eventually memory yields.

Friedrich Nietzsche

"I have done that," says my memory. "I cannot have done that" -- says my pride, and remains adamant. At last -- memory yields.

Friedrich Nietzsche

An investment in knowledge still yields the best returns.

Benjamin Franklin

Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity.

Arnold H. Glasgow

A quick back-of-the-envelope analysis of the deal yields an accretion potential to Pinnacle of 3 cents per share.

Adam Steinberg

We are increasingly bullish on Treasuries because of where yields are. We are looking to buy more when the price dips.

Masayuki Senda

Longer term, because rates are going to go up, the outlook for yields is going to be for them to be going higher.

Alessandro Tentori

There is a lot of money all over the world that is chasing relatively risk-free yields that are higher than alternatives such as corporate bonds or treasuries.

Christopher Carroll

Banks and utilities are high dividend-yield spaces and they become less attractive as bond yields rise. It's normal in an environment of rising bond yields to see stock markets correct.

Guenther Gerstenberger

Just about everyone had 30 bushels better than they expected. I can't recall a year when so many people misjudged their yields. It was actually one of the best years I've ever had.

Paul Roney

Searching for diversified yields, both in and outside the U.S., is the way to go. Many investors have discovered this.

Linda Duessel

Yields are unlikely to keep going up in a straight line. Investors may buy should yields rise to 1.50 percent.

Kazuhiko Sano

At the same time, there are worries that bond yields may be rising.

Ian Harnett

I think we will start sometime early next year heading down toward 4 percent [yields].

William Meehan

Fukui's comments were just very hawkish overall. There's certainly room for short-term yields to rise and the yield curve to flatten more as the market factors all this in.

Tatsuo Ichikawa

That is the opposite of what we should have happen. Out in this part of the country our yields can be variable, it can be dry and then it can be very wet.

Steve Wik

The inflation numbers were disappointing, and the market is speculating the Fed may have to move above 5 percent. Negative sentiment prevails, and 10- year yields could go toward 5.1 percent in the near term.

Nick Stamenkovic

If yields return to trend line in 2006, soybean production is likely to decline. However large beginning stocks could lead to record total supplies.

Pat Westhoff

While we have said all along that the foundation for the U.S. expansion is dodgy, as long as it is what it is, we expect to see the dollar and Treasury yields -- and fed funds -- move up.

David Gilmore

Who's really complaining about interest rates? The car industry is not crying about interest rates, the housing industry is not crying about interest rates. Corporate America continues to roll their debt. Historically these are still relatively low yields.

Mark Ficke

The government has agreed to give us a free hand in managing the network, and this will mean that we will have full control on determining capacity, frequency and pricing. Managing yields will be a key factor to ensure profitability and it's important for us to be able to manage this.

Idris Jala

The economic picture has not changed and it is still one that shows growth will be strong. The data we are seeing does not argue for a sustainable decline in yields.

Hidehiko Maejima

The bond markets got a little ahead of themselves, causing yields to rise too quickly over the past few weeks. This week saw a bit of a correction and mortgage rates fell for the first time in eight weeks. Continued volatility in financial markets, however, will keep rates teetering up and down for some time to come.

Amy Crews Cutts

Government debt sold off too much. Yields are high enough to lure investors. Yields already reflect speculation that a rate increase may come in the fourth quarter of 2006.

Tatsuo Ichikawa

The yen's strength is a shackle for the central bank that keeps it from shifting monetary policy. There's a risk bond yields will decline in the long run.

Jun Fukashiro

Every choice carries a consequence. For better or worse, each choice is the unavoidable consequence of its predecessor. There are not exceptions. If you can accept that a bad choice carries the seed of its own punishment, why not accept the fact that a good choice yields desirable fruit?

Gary Ryan Blair

But it hasn't. The debt market expects Greenspan will achieve a soft landing, which means corporate earnings aren't going to crash and the outlook for corporate borrowers remains positive. That's driven yields lower, which in turn has kept borrowing costs lower for companies.

Rob Palombi

In any event, 2006 should be the lull before the storm - a rare opportunity for the aviation sector to consolidate ahead of the challenges likely in 2007 as fleet deliveries escalate, new products enter the market and pressures intensify on manpower costs, competition, capacity and yields.

Peter Harbison

Foreign central banks will continue to buy Treasuries, so I am a little bullish. Yields may drop below 4.30 percent in the short-term.

Satoshi Asai

We are starting to price in the possibility of increasing inflationary pressures when making decisions on our bond holdings. We now see a bigger chance the Fed will hike rates three more times and Treasury yields will continue to rise.

Masayuki Yoshihara

With energy prices reaching unprecedented highs, investments in energy efficiency should be a top priority in every state. However, our analysis clearly shows that many states are largely ignoring and failing to capture this lowest cost energy resource that also yields significant environmental and economic benefits.

Dan York

The improving stock-market environment as people start to price in the end of Fed tightening has positive effects on Asia. Lower interest rates are positive for stock markets and they diminish the importance of relative yields.

Simon Flint

Bonds will probably stay lower as traders may prepare for the auction. Bonds also will be capped by gains in stocks, along with rising U.S. Treasuries yields.

Hidenori Suezawa

The growth fundamentals really weren't there for the euro. The U.S. has a strong economy, it has high yields and that's good for the dollar.

Steve Pearson

We saw a lot of strength in the manufacturing sector in the NAPM report. That's why you saw bond yields rise today.

Charles Reinhard

The stronger consumer confidence, the more likely the Fed will keep hiking rates for longer. Yields have the potential to march higher in the coming months.

Alex Li

The trend is for higher yields given the outlook for economic growth. Consumer prices will probably turn positive after October.

Hidenori Suezawa

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Gao Xingjian

It is very clear that whatever we can do to increase competitive bidding yields us a better price.

Marc Williams

Our programs don't require radical change. Our programs require just enhancement and tuning and trying to get better yields on the investments that we and our partners have made. A great example is the fact that we now have 100 business partner innovation centers around the world.

Donn Atkins

Bond yields are trading at their highest in seven months, and that's brought back some inflationary concerns.

Larry Peruzzi

No other investment yields as great a return as the investment in education. An educated workforce is the foundation of every community and the future of every economy.

Brad Henry

It is possible that this year will mark the end of the deflation and will bring in a paradigm shift to the bond market next year. Ten-year yields may rise to 2 percent by the end of March next year.

Masuhisa Kobayashi

Apart from placing upward pressure on the yields in these markets, short-term rates may also respond, higher.

Colen Garrow

Bond yields will have a bias to rise toward the end of the year. Concerns about oil and the hurricane have eased, spurring some selling in bonds.

Norihisa Takao

If the 'street' is required to own a large portion of this amount, it likes to have it on their terms, which usually results in higher yields and lower prices.

Kevin Giddis

Rising bond yields are clearly bad for stock markets.

Javier Angulo

People sold bonds excessively the past several days and yields became high enough to attract buyers. Declines in stocks are giving people a chance to pay more attention to the value of bonds.

Xinyi Lu

I'm optimistic for euro-zone growth this year. We should see higher yields, with a target between 3.60 and 3.70.

Guillaume Sciard

The front end of the market obviously offers safety and relative certainty that yields are going lower.

Richard Gilhooly

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Stanley Marcus

We're seeing more risk aversion in the markets. There has been a lot of concern since last week because of the rise in U.S. bond yields.

Claudia Calich

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.

Jane Bryant Quinn

One of the reasons foreign capital keeps coming to the U.S. is that yields are higher than what you're getting globally.

Michael Roberge

The Fed will definitely be raising the rate at the end of this month, and it's certainly possible we'll get a second rate increase later. With some supply pressure, that will also lead to higher yields.

Kornelius Purps

Our big concern is the combination of rising bond yields, sustained high energy prices and weakness in US housing.

Abhijit Chakrabortti

From what I am reading and seeing I think country risks have been sacrificed in the search for yields.

Simon Derrick

Japanese investors are still looking for higher yields overseas. That's weighing on the yen.

Yuji Saito

Treasury yields above 4.5 percent look attractive. Some people may take it as a short-term opportunity to get in.

Toshihiko Sakai

People are not feeling compelled by the price action to jump in. Every day they wait the yields have gone up.

William O'donnell

Yields are now close to attractive levels. There is a chance of somewhat higher bond prices.

Bernd Weidensteiner

Economic data have been reasonably good, so the bonds continue to sell off. Strong economic growth means the central bank is likely to tighten further. You see significant back-up in yields across the board.

James Dutkiewicz

The MPC meeting minutes due next Wednesday will provide additional direction here, but anything that reinforces the need for a quick reduction is yields on cash deposits could again offer further support for stocks.

Matthew Buckland

A rise in longer-term bond yields would arguably be seen as doing some of the Fed's tightening work.

Carolyn Kwan

Well the key basically is the fact that the stock market is in itself cheap. Usually high, by international terms, dividend yields, and the fact that earnings plus growth prospects for the market in general are higher than other emerging markets.

Angus Blair

Investors will be reluctant to buy bonds ahead of the five-year notes sale today. There is a concern bond yields will keep rising and the central bank is desperately seeking to raise interest rates.

Shinji Kunibe

Over the past 100 years, it has increased yields tremendously.

Pamela Ronald

With demand still weak, there's room to cut rates in the first half of next year. That'll keep yields around 4 percent for 10-year gilts.

Stuart Thomson

This sets us back. It's still early, but if we're not on the land by about May 10, we lose tremendous yields.

Lorne Hamblin

Investors are also getting a bit tired of these tight spreads and they are not sure if they should invest at those spreads, particularly with the Treasury yields heading up.

Dilip Parameswaran

Hence, low bond yields are ambiguous for policy. It's a classic on the one hand, on the other hand speech.

Rob Henderson

Given the prospect that the Japanese economy will remain on a path of expansion, we believe that Japanese investors will continue to take advantage of higher yields abroad, particularly in the United States.

Paul Chertkow

Yields will be lower in six months. The economic statistics will start to show a slower growth path.

Joseph Balestrino

People are a bit concerned with higher Treasury yields and the possibility that U.S. interest rates will continue to rise.

Flavio Datz

Investors are concerned about increasing inflationary pressures and they'll be watching the payrolls numbers closely for signs of that. We're still not interested in buying Treasuries, because there is room for yields to go higher.

Yoshihiro Ishida

Very strong on the revenue side, less strong ... on the gross margin side. But given the yields they're getting in their desktop products, and presumably in their mobile products as well ... my model would suggest that their gross margins are going to come in higher than their guidance.

Jonathan Hykawy

Investors should prepare for a change in monetary policy. Hold off buying 10-year bonds as yields are going to grind higher.

Akihiko Yokoyama

I can try cutting back some trips over the field for fuel prices, but it's not like I'm out there doing recreational tillage now. You only go over it when you have to. You can cut back on fertilizer but it's not like we're over fertilizing to start with. You start cutting back too much and you're hurting yields and that hurts your bottom line. There's no way around it.

Tim Dufault

Yields could go above 2 percent in the short-term. People are focusing on the U.S. because they think it's driving the global economy's recent robust pace of growth.

Shigeru Endo

Africa provides investors with potentially far higher yields than are available in other markets.

Razia Khan

Because of fears over an early end to the quantitative monetary easing policy and overrated speculation of subsequent rate increases following the policy shift, we have seen last week yields rise to levels that fully price in a 0.5 percentage point rate hike.

Osamu Tamada

Ten-year yields may have already peaked and this would be a good time to get back into the market. We see Treasury yields falling from here.

Hiroki Shimazu

This meant potential returns from developed market currencies should improve further as funds, chasing higher yields, flowed towards them.

Jeremy Gardiner

Koizumi's overwhelming victory was a surprise. Further gains in stocks will fuel optimism about the economy, pushing up bond yields.

Masahiro Kami

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. 'The Mad Philosopher,' 1697.

Ambrose Bierce

The Cuban agricultural, conventional, 'Green Revolution' system never was able to feed the people. It had high yields, but was oriented to plantation agriculture. We exported citrus, tobacco, sugar cane and we imported the basic things. So the system, even in the good times, never fulfilled people's basic needs.

Roberto Sanchez

Yields are the main factor driving flows. The key factor supporting the dollar is expectation of higher rates and acceleration of inflation expectations.

Lena Komileva

While people are trying to price in the end of the rate hike cycle, it's a bit premature to do that. In yields, the trend is up at the moment.

John Wraith

People are paying attention to what Fukui will say. It's hard to find a reason to buy bonds as yields are rising.

Naomi Hasegawa

Keeping rates near zero percent is creating concern among people in the market that inflation may speed up years from now. That's causing yields on long-term debt to jump.

Tsutomu Kawasaki

It's not a dramatic change to Fed expectations -- we've seen yields up a couple of basis points since the (data) -- but it's back toward the upside and that's dollar-supportive.

Robert Sinche

It's been a long bull run with yields lower, and we're just seeing a few chinks taken out of the bond market's armor.

Michael Boss

Yields are very low given the ECB has just started raising rates.

David Tavadian

Investors are unwilling to buy bonds today. Everyone is cautious about good U.S. job data, staying alert for further gains in bond yields.

Yasunori Kuroda

I was surprised to see speculation of a policy change grow stronger. Bonds tumbled as stocks rallied on the solid economy. Yields are to rise in the next several months.

Shinji Kunibe

We see a possible rally this month as investors take advantage of yields at these levels. We may test the 4.5 percent level again this month.

Hidehiko Maejima

Most sentiment indicators have been upbeat, but we'll have to see some growth data to back this up otherwise confidence will start to suffer again. We will probably see yields start falling after the middle of the year.

John Wraith

Koizumi's dream of keeping yields low during a recovery will probably fail. His government can't prevent the increase in yields as the economy extends its expansion.

Katsutoshi Inadome

I think he's still concerned to keep the stock market afloat and to hold down bond yields. He's going to be more inclined to talk the markets up rather than down.

Mark Cliffe

Looking internationally, the market still has a hefty appetite for yield that will support the currency. New Zealand yields are on a similar par with those of Kazakhstan.

Adrian Foster

The key was the weak retail sales report that helped bond yields come in.

Alec Young

The inflation data we will see this week and next will support the view the Fed can keep on hiking at the next two meetings. Yields will rise led by the shorter-maturity debt.

Hidehiko Maejima

The pension system, collectively, has been just slammed on the low yields.

Lou Crandall

However, further terrorist attacks in London could have a downward impact on passenger volumes and yields.

Michael O'leary

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Brian Reynolds

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Johannes Lehmann

We expect the combination of solid economic growth and higher inflation risks to push the Fed to raise rates higher than is implied by prevailing bond yields.

Colin Lundgren

If bond yields keep rising which I think they will, then not even stocks are safe from a welcome decline in energy prices. In this case lower energy prices could prove to be a Trojan horse unleashing a problematic rise in market rates.

Dave Gilmore

We are getting a consistent view from the Fed now that they are somewhat worried about the risk of a higher inflation rate. That is going to cause more rate hikes to come and higher yields will help the dollar.

Tim Mazanec

The markets are fixated by the upcoming Fukui comments today. He will probably try to get rising long-term bond yields under control. The yen looks weak today.

Teruhisa Tsuji

I'm still in the camp that yields are moving higher. As long as the data is strong, the Fed is going to keep hiking rates.

Joseph Shatz

Over the short term Treasuries yields will head higher and prices lower based on the fact that economic damage from this hurricane is not as great as the worst fears had priced in.

John Canavan

Given that the market is having difficulty rallying, we believe the risk is to higher yields upon a stronger-than-expected non-farm payrolls report. The unemployment rate will also be important. If it drops to 4.6 percent, then that would be very bearish.

Jim Caron

An increase in purchases by overseas investors is a reason for bonds to rise. It will assure investors that yields won't continue rising.

Koji Mori

The combination of strong growth in the U.S., euro zone and Japan at the same time is bearish for bonds, so it is not surprising that yields in all three regions have either just broken out of their recent ranges or are not far from doing so.

Paul Podolsky

We regard the shares as inexpensive and believe that just placing a market multiple on its free-cash-flow a few years out yields substantial upside in the stock.

Douglas Shapiro

We are skeptical on the quick rise in yields as nothing has fundamentally changed in the past few weeks. The bias is for yields to go downward.

Thomas Lam

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Gideon Argov

While the government accepted the decision to shift policy, that was because it was a symbolic move and had no real implications for long-term yields. There's no doubt they'll put more pressure on the Bank of Japan to keep the zero rate policy.

Ryota Sakagami

The U.S. will add more jobs and I expect that will support the view that the Fed will go to 5 percent. There's enough momentum to take bond yields higher.

Grant Hassell

We've always been saying that yields are too low at the front-end of the curve. I do think yields should gently drift higher.

Anthony O'brien

There is no doubt that we have to thank the corn breeders for getting the kind of corn yields we have gotten this year, despite the drought.

Palle Pedersen

ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. Said a man to a crapulent youth: 'I thought You a total abstainer, my son.' 'So I am, so I am,' said the scrapgrace caught - 'But not, sir, a bigoted one.' .

Ambrose Bierce

These new systems are dramatically impacting yields and the word is getting out to farmers. Farmers are looking for contractors to install systems, but no one is trained. We hope this workshop will help fill in the gap.

Debbie Dickens

The advantage of an ARM over a fixed-rate mortgage has largely been taken away given that the yields are [almost] equal.

Jim Fowler

Yields are set to climb as we see signs of inflation. Fukui's comments assured us he has not given up the plan to shift monetary policy.

Tsutomu Kawasaki

We're seeing interest in cash for the first time since 2001, practically, and we expect the interest to only grow as rates continue to rise. Yields are still digesting the Aug. 9 Fed hike and be- ginning to anticipate an almost certain Sept. 20 rise, so we should see yields break through 3 percent and keep going.

Peter Crane

The statement was a little more hawkish than people anticipated. By the time we get to June I expect 10-year yields to be at 5 percent.

Kevin Cronin

The economy is getting better and that's driving up stocks and pulling up yields on bonds. Investment plans are expanding and the employment situation is getting better, which is good news for spending.

Tatsuhiko Takeda

Ten-year yields have fallen to quite a low level as the concern over a U.S. economic slowdown has grown.

Koji Mori

There will be an upside surprise in inflation, and we still think the Fed has still got some work to do. There's room for yields to rise.

Anthony O'brien

There's a bit more optimism in terms of the growth outlook beyond the fourth quarter. That's going to support higher yields.

Grant Hassell

Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

Christopher Marlowe

First crop hay was abundant, but yields for 2nd, 3rd and 4th cuttings have seen significant reductions. I think overall there may be about a 25 percent drop in the alfalfa crop here, which includes a reduction caused by fairly extensive winterkill in some fields.

David Fischer

I hear many investors want to sell bonds now as prices are high. It is hard to buy bonds at around 10-year yields near 1.3 percent.

Yasunori Kuroda

Yields will have a bias to rise toward next year. The economy will probably be in good enough shape to push up stocks and cement speculation about an end to deflation.

Nobuto Yamazaki

It's not a good time to hold bonds. Relative to economic fundamentals yields are too low.

Susumu Kato

Some farms have APH yields below their most-likely yields.

Gary Schnitkey

It's one of the primary reasons we're having higher yields so far this year.

Gary Pollack

People are attracted to yields (around these levels).

Adam Mackillop

Employment growth will keep the economy going and the bond market will be susceptible to the strength of the data that will push the Fed to hike rates again. We expect yields to rise.

Hidehiko Maejima

Expectations of the Bank of Japan raising interest rates this year, as shown by climbing bonds yields, may slow down the outpouring of Japanese institutional investors' money. That will also bring about an unwinding of yen carry trades by foreign investors, supporting the yen.

Jun Kitazawa

We did see a significant slowdown in Germany in the fourth quarter. Once this supply is out of the way, we do expect the European market to fare better and yields to fall.

John Wraith

The auction went smoothly. Government notes have been sold excessively recently and yields have probably factored in the impact of a policy shift.

Soichiro Kimura

Some people were concerned that with yields below 2 percent there might not be enough demand for the bonds. However, the auction went okay and that spurred buying of futures.

Tatsuo Ichikawa

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Otis Brawley

Bond yields are set to go higher. With the U.S. economy expanding and reports suggesting Japan's growth is on a firm footing, it's difficult to justify buying bonds.

Jun Fukashiro

Yields were very important in 2005; we think they'll be important again over the early part of 2006. Over the first half of the year we think the dollar will do a little better on interest rates.

Nick Bennenbroek

The good news is that the demand fundamentals are likely to remain positive with good population growth, high rental yields and a new real estate law expected to be announced soon. Indeed, according to our new real estate index property prices rose 3.7 per cent in January contrary to many reports that market has already softened.

Steve Brice

The bottom line for consumers is potentially billions of dollars a year in additional charges, fees, and higher interest rates and lower yields on savings.

Stephen Brobeck

Interest rates are going up - the only question is by how much. Yields will rise further.

Alex Rohner

My concern is that what's happened here is that inflation is higher than the Fed anticipated. On top of that, the kind of tightening already imposed by the markets, in terms of lower equities and higher bond yields, is setting up weaker growth in 2005.

Alan Ruskin

Investors cannot justify buying bonds and they want to avoid 10-year yields going lower than 1.3 percent. There is a five-year note auction next week and investors don't want to have a low coupon on it.

Makoto Yamashita

There is a good chance the market can climb slightly higher in terms of prices. Yields can come down slightly.

Peter Schaffrik

Increasing pressure from the Finance Ministry helped bonds to gain. Bonds had a gradual decline over the past weeks and yields came to a level where they look attractive.

Soichiro Kimura

Bonds sold off too much. Yields, especially on five- and 10-year bonds, came to a level attractive enough to lure some buyers.

Soichiro Kimura

Chains don't care if my flour yields more loaves per pound because it's easier to go to the big distributors, ... It just didn't matter how good our flour is.

Barbara Robinson

Asia is booming right now. Investors believe the outlook for Asian companies is good. Foreign investors will gain higher yields plus some measure of diversification.

Marshall Gittler

People were concerned that the market will start pricing in the argument that the central bank will raise interest rates to a neutral level since deflation in Japan has ended. Yields will have a bias to rise.

Naruki Nakamura

I wouldn't be buying. When we were getting yields close to 4.50, I thought they were pretty attractive.

Michael Schroeder

Yields reached an attractive level for buyers. Yields rose too much as Fukui commented, and we'll probably see some adjustments in their levels.

Hiroaki Takai

The whole refunding should go reasonably well. Yields are still 15 to 17 basis points higher than they were two weeks ago, so that's part of the (price) concession.

Alan De Rose

It's the relative price of corn and beans and the relative yields that will determine this.

Bob Wisner

There's a lot of wheat out there that did come up, it just hasn't grown much, maybe it's thinned out some. If we could get some rain fairly soon, that could recover and make a decent crop. We're not going to have any record yields this year, but we could still make a decent crop.

Brent Bean

Investors could get in trouble in the search for yields by buying a stock that has a high yield only because the stock price is going down.

Linda Duessel

The auction showcased disappointing demand. Rallying stocks are building sentiment that Japan's economy will sustain a reasonably good pace of growth, signaling higher yields.

Shigeru Endo

[But because the bond market -- particularly the U.S. bond market -- was in a state of euphoria before last, fall with yields near record lows,] no one really realized that that was the case, ... People were looking for anything with a return of more than 5 or 6 percent.

Andrew Pyle

Yields are going to continue to trend upward as the Fed keeps raising rates. The Fed believes that the risk of inflation is skewed to the upside and in order to alleviate that risk, they need to keep raising rates.

Joseph Shatz

The end of quantitative easing will definitely be yen positive. Government bond yields are going to rise and that increases the attraction of the yen.

Qing Wang

Investors are also buying shares in firms with attractive dividend yields ... such as steel makers and gas and electric power companies.

Hiroaki Kuramochi

In the 10-year and 30-year area it seems like you attract a crowd any time yields have exceeded 4.5 percent. Historically that's been a pretty good place to plant the flag.

Dan Shackelford

Today, existing home sales are strong and that appears to be weighing on the market a bit because Treasury yields are higher.

Chris Burba

Investors don't feel safer buying bonds as they remain strongly concerned about a rate hike and higher yields. Surging Treasury yields will pressure Japanese yields to rise.

Akitsugu Bandou

Investors feel there is no need to aggressively buy bonds now as yields may continue climbing amid signs of solid economic growth.

Koji Mori

Recent numbers have been very favorable for euro-zone growth. We may see a small grind higher in yields.

Christoph Rieger

Sure, the plan could push Treasury yields up. But if it contributes to an increased efficiency of the economy and boosts growth, what's not to like?

Bill Sterling

Investors aren't sure if they should buy more longer-dated bonds with yields this low.

Tatsuo Ichikawa

As long as the Fed keeps raising rates, yields are going to move higher. The Fed decision definitely left the door open for more rate hikes.

Joseph Shatz

Japan's growth prospects look more promising and we are on the threshold of an end to deflation. Yields are set to increase.

Masuhisa Kobayashi

The airline battle to reduce costs, increase yields and improve efficiencies is effective well beyond expectations.

Giovanni Bisignani

The current yield level is attractive enough and we can expect some buying. Additional evidence to show the economy is expanding, or consumer prices are rising, is necessary for bond yields to reach a higher range.

Xinyi Lu

The economy is still strong in consumer spending and in manufacturing. There is some risk to inflation, so bond yields should still go up.

Takashi Yamamoto

The economic outlook favors higher yields next year. The deflationary era has finally ended and a sustainable increase in consumer prices is likely to get underway soon.

Masuhisa Kobayashi

It seems to be the biggest concern is inflation, and the impact on (price/earnings) multiples and dividend yields, ... Unfortunately, there aren't enough inflation beneficiaries in the stock market.

Thomas Mcmanus

The time to reconsider the value of five-year notes arrived. I am thinking about buying five-year notes as their yields rose too much. A trade betting on flattening is about to lose its charm.

Jun Fukashiro

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

B. C. Forbes

This market has a lot further to go. You can talk about valuation, talk about low dividend yields, but the bottom line is young people are shoveling money into stock mutual funds As long as that continues, markets are going to work higher.

William Lefevre

The main determinant of bond yields is inflation, and inflation is low.

Joe Keating

Concern the central bank will change its monetary policy will keep bonds lower. Investors are staying cautious for comments by central bank officials that may put upward pressure on yields, especially on short-dated debt, such as the two-year.

Nobuto Yamazaki

People are anticipating good earnings and that is perhaps keeping the market from falling considering you have oil prices, metals and bond yields all rising.

Ron Kiddoo

Yields on bonds, especially five-year and shorter debt, will have a bias to rise. Fukui didn't necessarily deny a possible policy shift and I still see an almost 100 percent chance for an April move.

Naruki Nakamura

We've been in this trading range between 5.375 and 5.75 (30-year bond yields) for a very long period of time. Then we finally broke out of that and the next target people are setting their sights for is 6 percent. We have a refunding this week, we have an awful lot of corporate supply and we also have next week's FOMC meeting approaching.

Mike Ryan

We will have to wait and see whether this summer's World Cup yields the anticipated boost in sales and wait for signs of sustained 'recovery' to be confirmed.

John Longworth

Maharishi said that when 1 percent of the population meditates, the earth yields up its treasures.

Jim Morrow

There's no sign of the economy slowing down and Fed officials should continue to be hawkish. It's a misconception that long-term yields will fall further.

Yasutoshi Nagai

In our case, we like a longer season variety. The index showed that with a starter, we'd likely get a yield boost in just one year out of eight. We figured we'd have a better chance of getting higher yields by focusing on getting our entire crop planted earlier.

Blake Heller

I am too scared to buy bonds. I haven't seen any investor purchase debt recently as it's hard to know when yields will stop rising amid speculation the central bank will raise its key overnight rate.

Nobuo Tamamizu

Despite solid growth, inflation is quiet which is reflected in low bond yields.

Paul Ferley

You can get carried away going for those high yields.

Jeff Cleveland

We'll get more buyers with yields around these levels. People won't want to call the end to the Fed rate cycle too quickly though, so I doubt we'll get a big rally.

Marc Ostwald