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Matt Tucker: The July 4th holiday is here, which naturally leads many of us to think about our fixed income portfolios. What, just me? Read more…
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Russ Koesterich: Last week, the US Treasury market suffered its worst losing streak since 2006. This rapid risein yields has prompted investors to wonder whether the 30 year rally in bonds is finally Read more…
Mike Larson: Interest rates are the lifeblood of the capital markets and the real economy. Lower rates and easy money fuel asset bubbles and economic activity. Higher rates and tighter money pop bubbles and restrain growth. It’s as simple as that! Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: TLT is a popular proxy for traders and investors to watch for bond prices, or to use as a hedging or trading vehicle. Read more…
Moby Waller: As we have entered November, 2011 has turned into yet another year where “buy and hold” of the major market indices hasn’t really worked. The 4 major US stock index ETFs are mixed on the year: Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: As we noted on November 1, a rally back toward 1,250 is well within bear market bounds. How we rally (volume, conviction, etc.) will tell us quite a bit about the odds of a more lasting upside move in stocks. We also outlined in a recent video reasons why the improvement in market breadth does Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Volatility swept over the markets as investors were taken by surprise on Tuesday after Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called for a referendum to the three-pronged “bailout plan” agreed upon in Brussels last week. Domestic equity indexes tumbled upwards of 2% for the day as investors Read more…
Justice Litle: For the 30 year period between 1981 and September 30th 2011, government bonds outperformed stocks. What does it mean? “Stocks for the long run” is a famous mantra of Wall Street. A distinguished academic, Professor Jeremy Siegel, even wrote a book with exactly that title. Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: If you’re looking at the Stock Market only, you’re likely missing the other side of the coin which is the Bond Market. With the recent surge through resistance in stocks, let’s get a check-up on the break under support in popular bond funds iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury ETF Read more…
Stocks skyrocketed on Thursday on a massive spike in volume. The markets gapped up at the open, sold off briefly and rallied for most of the session. However, there appeared to be some profit taking into the close. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: I’ve made no secret of my aversion to Treasury bonds. Yields right now are irrationally low, and thus do not accurately reflect U.S. credit risk. Read more…
Jeff Harding: The CPI for September came out showing year over year price inflation at 3.9%, up from last month’s 3.8%. Prices increase 0.3% over August. Core price inflation (less energy and food costs) increased only 0.1% over August and is up 2.0% for the year. The BLS said: Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: To hear the “bond bubbleistas” tell it, the bond market is poised to collapse the second interest rates start to rise. Read more…
Scott Pluschau: The iShares 20+ year Treasury ETF (NYSE:TLT) is forming a potential “Exhaustion Gap” on the daily chart. TLT had a “Breakaway gap” back in July 2011, and has now had three continuation gaps since then. Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: What does the current Cross-Market landscape look like after Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting/announcement?
Let’s take a look to see the current structure along with the big market winners and losers. Read more…
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