We used the Bond-Lader Visual Analogue Mood Scale (Bond & Lader, 1974). Participants completed 16 questions which provided three overall mood scores: alertness, contentedness, and calmness.

Investors on the primary market for U.S. government bonds seem to be leaning toward the bond-positive view, Elmar Voelker, senior fixed income analyst at LBBW, said in a note. Admittedly ...