Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:21:14 GMT
Treasuries outperformed other US fixed income assets in the second quarter
Treasuries topped other US fixed income assets first time in 9 months as investors preferred safer securities. US sovereign debt has added 2.9% in three months compared to 1% increase in mortgages, 1.8% improvement in municipal notes and a 1.9% gain in corporate bonds. Treasuries are surpassing the worldwide debt market by 1.3 p.p. compared to 2.4 p.p. shortfall in the