treasurys

Treasurys are coming off their best year since 1995, returning more than 13.7% to investors in 2008, but analysts say support for bonds could come to a crashing end in 2009.

Treasurys fell Monday as investors' fears of a Citigroup collapse were allayed over the weekend, when the government agreed to rescue the embattled bank.

Treasury yields bounced back Friday, as investors bet that stocks would rally from a precipitous decline - a day after yields hit all-time lows in a warning that credit markets remain vulnerable and investors are hungry for the safety of government debt.

Demand for U.S. Treasurys remained high Wednesday, even as a bailout of the auto industry and a second stimulus package gained government support.

Treasurys were largely unchanged Monday as investors balanced continued recession fears with anticipation that the government will again announce billions of dollars worth of government debt auctions this week to fund its financial rescue programs.

U.S. Treasurys rose early Wednesday ahead of an anticipated rate cut by the Federal Reserve, as investors worried that the government's intervention may not be enough to stave off a recession.

With financial institutions and individual investors worried that a worldwide economic slowdown will pose a risk to their investments, lending remained constricted and U.S.

Treasurys rose.

Anxiety about a worldwide recession made credit tighter Friday, as banks and companies opted to hang on to their cash rather than risk lending money out.

Investors poured funds into U.S. Treasurys, hoping to find a safe place for their money.

Oil prices rose Thursday, adding to the previous day's $6 rally, as the chaos on Wall Street motivated investors to move out of stocks an into safer investments, such as oil, gold and Treasurys.

Treasury prices dipped on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve announced its decision to hold the key federal funds rate steady at 2%, a move that most traders were expecting.

However, the statement from the Fed indicated much more concern about the threat of inflation than was expected.