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Jason Cimpl: The yield on U.S. bonds is abysmal. While I realize that I don’t need to tell retirees something they already know, such a low interest rate is a crisis that faces many American citizens. Read more…
Jeff Harding: I am very critical of Bill Gross of PIMCO and have named him of one our Crony Capitalists of the Month because of his insistence that the Fed bail out his industry. Mr. Gross, as we all know, has been very successful in his run at PIMCO and I respect him for that. But I will say that I don’t Read more…
By iShares: An investment in fixed income funds is not equivalent to and involves risks not associated with an investment in cash. Money market funds typically seek to maintain a net asset value of $1.00 per share. Fixed income funds do not have a similar objective. Read more…
Matt Tucker: A picture is worth a thousand words: Read more…
Scott Pluschau: The 20 year+ U.S. Treasury Bond exchange traded fund (NYSEArca:TLT) is skating on thin ice. A “head and shoulders” pricing pattern developed on the Daily chart recently. A head and shoulders pattern shows a gradual overcoming of supply vs. demand and it can have serious Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: Following up with my prior inter-market post this week “Something’s Gotta Give,” let’s take a look at the sharp down-move that developed since then as seen in the iShares Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: We noted extreme levels of optimism earlier today. What could possibly trigger a correction in stocks and commodities? If the Fed fails to signal and/or announce another round of quantitative easing (QE), it would undoubtedly leave the markets disappointed. Read more…
The Daily Capitalist: On the morning of this past Friday the 13th, I was greeted on my home page, Bloomberg.com, by the lead story– which was of investors cheering and captioned by the statement that good news is at hand, CEOs are now in a hiring mood. I had an uh-oh moment in my usual Read more…
Shah Gilani: Paul Krugman, the Princeton University economics professor, Nobel Prize winner, and regular New York Times op-ed contributor says, “Debt matters, but not that much.” Read more…
Tyler Craig: Traders insisting on a stock-centric approach can sometimes miss clues residing outside the realm of equities. While any major momentum shifts will undoubtedly reveal themselves in the price of stocks, sometimes significant moves in other asset classes serve as early warning signs of an Read more…
Jeff Nielson: Spending as much time as I do writing about the Land of Fraud, I never thought I would see myself using the phrase “maximum fraud” to describe any U.S. market. Each time I thought I had witnessed the apex of human fraud, within a matter of weeks or perhaps months I would witness Read more…
Scott Pluschau: The iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:IEF) is coming to a fork in the road. IEF is active and liquid since big money hedges and speculates in Treasuries. I am preparing my trade plan to capitalize on the opportunities that will likely be presenting themselves in 2012. Read more…
Matt Tucker: The US dollar is rallying and you own a bond or a bond ETF. Quick – what effect will this rally have on your bond’s payouts? Read more…
Scott Martin: The rate at which international investors allocate their money to U.S. assets surged in August, and there are signs that that dislocation remains a factor in global markets. Read more…
Fixed income investors with their bats on their shoulders for have asked the same question of U.S. treasuries for years: Yields can’t possibly go lower, can they?They may 
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