Bond market is the place to hide during coronavirus fears: JP Morgan fund manager

JP Morgan's Bob Michele on where to seek safety as coronavirus spreads. With CNBC's Brian Sullivan and the Fast Money traders, Brian Kelly, Karen Finerman, Dan Nathan and Guy Adami.

A key interest rate is moving to levels last seen in the fall when markets were worried about the trade war, and that falling yield may be a warning signal.

Investors have been buying bonds big time this week amid fears the coronavirus could spread and impact the global economy. Yields move opposite price, so as investors jumped in, the 10-year note yield has dipped to 1.68%, its lowest level since the beginning of November, and it could keep moving lower.

In the past week, the yield has fallen from 1.83%, as investors fear the virus could have an immediate impact on the economy in China and broader Asia, and then ultimately chill global growth. The 10-year is important since it influences a whole slew of loans, including home mortgages.

But the spread of the virus, which has shut down transportation in Wuhan and other Chinese cities just as the Chinese new year begins isn’t the only factor weighing on bond yields.

“The question is what’s the economy going to do this year, and I think right now the 10-year note is saying we don’t really know, but given what we’ve seen in 2020, it’s telling us we should hedge the other way,” said Gregory Faranello, head of U.S. rates at AmeriVet Securities. The softness in recent labor data and lack of inflation have also been factors, and Faranello said there are concerns that Boeing’s problems could crimp U.S. GDP growth, as it cuts back on production.

Some strategists say the Fed and other central banks may be having an even bigger impact on rates and seem to be sending investors into bonds and stocks at the same time. Stocks were lower Friday on concerns about the coronavirus, but all three major stock indices are just about 1% below their recent highs.

“We’re at the low end of a recent range [on yields]. It’s a number of factors. One is the broad fundamentals that we entered the year with are more firmly entrenched,” said Mark Cabana, head of U.S. short rate strategy at BofA Securities.
“You have global central banks on hold. You have a growth and inflation environment which is relatively benign. We’re not in a recession and won’t be any time soon.”

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