The Next Big Short Strategy: Rise And Fall Of Fixed Income ETFs
Macro Strategist - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 03, 10:11AM CST
VCIT: 86.18 (+0.09), SJNK: 29.64 (-0.07), HYEM: 24.88 (-0.03), VCSH: 79.97 (+0.11), HYLD: 47.29 (+0.05), TLT: 119.49 (+0.58), JNK: 39.86 (-0.13), HYS: 104.00 (-0.28), SCHO: 50.64 (+0.01), EMB: 113.25 (-0.09), EMLC: 22.43 (+0.02), HYG: 91.45 (-0.46), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), UST: 54.86 (+0.22), PHB: 19.09 (-0.08), VCLT: 90.12 (+0.01), TMV: 38.37 (-0.52), LEMB: 47.40 (-0.10), PCY: 28.62 (-0.11), BSJF: 26.51 (-0.02), ELD: 43.80 (unch), LQD: 118.51 (+0.15), SHY: 84.69 (+0.04), BIL: 45.74 (unch), CIU: 109.66 (+0.17), VGSH: 61.02 (+0.01), SHV: 110.27 (unch)
QE3 R.I.P.
Calafia Beach Pundit - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 30, 4:41AM CDT
Wednesday the Federal Reserve confirmed what the bond market has been expecting for many months: QE3 has ended, effective this week. What we don't know yet, however, is whether the end of QE3 will lead to another round of economic and financial...
IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), TBX: 30.94 (-0.08), DTYL: 74.80 (-1.08), DFVS: 35.79 (-0.40), TYD: 42.13 (+0.11), TBZ: 30.11 (-0.02), DFVL: 61.39 (+0.42), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), PST: 25.50 (-0.10), SINF: 43.98 (unch), UST: 54.86 (+0.22), DTYS: 23.84 (-0.20), TYNS: 31.33 (-0.06), RINF: 33.18 (+0.05), FINF: 40.59 (+0.10), ITE: 59.91 (-0.02), TYO: 19.63 (-0.22), INFL: 45.00 (unch), GSY: 50.12 (+0.02), SCHR: 53.45 (+0.05), UINF: 30.76 (unch), FIVZ: 79.80 (unch), DEFL: 50.13 (unch), VGIT: 64.35 (+0.08)
Why Regional Banks Are Moving Higher
Andrew Sachais - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 28, 3:43PM CDT
KRE: 40.52 (-0.13), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), KBE: 33.44 (-0.17), SPY: 204.24 (+0.05), KRS: 27.55 (+0.05), KBWB: 37.45 (-0.07), KBWR: 39.66 (-0.29), RKH: 55.86 (+0.16), KRU: 92.08 (-1.27), QABA: 36.68 (-0.22), IAT: 34.35 (-0.13), TLT: 119.49 (+0.58)
Making Sense Of The Bond Market
Saturna Capital - Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 28, 1:46PM CDT
[Originally published September, 2014] By Phelps Mcllvaine, Bond Portfolio Manager A persistent reduction in the US inflation rate and well-anchored inflation expectations continue to contradict the common understanding that interest rates have...
TLH: 132.64 (+0.41), TBX: 30.94 (-0.08), DFVS: 35.79 (-0.40), TBZ: 30.11 (-0.02), DFVL: 61.39 (+0.42), DLBL: 71.70 (-0.59), TLO: 69.34 (+0.34), UBT: 72.06 (+0.66), TLT: 119.49 (+0.58), TBT: 52.47 (-0.49), DLBS: 24.41 (-0.37), ZROZ: 109.62 (+0.99), ITE: 59.91 (-0.02), TYO: 19.63 (-0.22), TTT: 50.61 (-0.75), SCHR: 53.45 (+0.05), GSY: 50.12 (+0.02), TYBS: 24.56 (-0.09), FIVZ: 79.80 (unch), VGIT: 64.35 (+0.08), DTYL: 74.80 (-1.08), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), TYD: 42.13 (+0.11), PST: 25.50 (-0.10), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), UST: 54.86 (+0.22), TENZ: 84.70 (+0.10), EDV: 114.90 (+0.98), DTYS: 23.84 (-0.20), TYNS: 31.33 (-0.06), TMV: 38.37 (-0.52), LBND: 47.13 (unch), SBND: 5.89 (-0.06), TBF: 26.78 (-0.13), VGLT: 74.10 (+0.32), TMF: 72.95 (+1.00)
A 'Smarter' Way Of Reaching For Yield
Cam Hui, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Oct 19, 1:18PM CDT
In general, I am not in favor of reaching for yield as the practice can entail a high degree of risk that income oriented investors cannot tolerate. I do understand, however, the dilemma facing such investors who need a regular stream of income. For...
HYG: 91.45 (-0.46), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), EMB: 113.25 (-0.09)
What The High Yield Credit Spread Means For Financial Markets
Andrew Sachais - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 16, 7:13AM CDT
The spread on high yield credit over the risk-free rate has expanded as weaker economic data pushes money out of riskier assets and into lower beta assets. iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond (NYSEARCA: HYG ) is down nearly 4% since...
HYG: 91.45 (-0.46), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), MUB: 109.58 (+0.03), AGG: 109.86 (+0.10)
Panic buying in Treasurys - 10-year yield plunges to 2%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 15, 8:35AM CDT
TLH: 132.64 (+0.41), TBX: 30.94 (-0.08), DFVS: 35.79 (-0.40), DFVL: 61.39 (+0.42), TBZ: 30.11 (-0.02), DLBL: 71.70 (-0.59), TLO: 69.34 (+0.34), UBT: 72.06 (+0.66), TLT: 119.49 (+0.58), TBT: 52.47 (-0.49), DLBS: 24.41 (-0.37), ZROZ: 109.62 (+0.99), ITE: 59.91 (-0.02), TYO: 19.63 (-0.22), TTT: 50.61 (-0.75), SCHR: 53.45 (+0.05), GSY: 50.12 (+0.02), TYBS: 24.56 (-0.09), FIVZ: 79.80 (unch), VGIT: 64.35 (+0.08), DTYL: 74.80 (-1.08), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), TYD: 42.13 (+0.11), PST: 25.50 (-0.10), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), UST: 54.86 (+0.22), TENZ: 84.70 (+0.10), EDV: 114.90 (+0.98), DTYS: 23.84 (-0.20), TYNS: 31.33 (-0.06), TMV: 38.37 (-0.52), LBND: 47.13 (unch), SBND: 5.89 (-0.06), TBF: 26.78 (-0.13), TAPR: 40.97 (-0.63), VGLT: 74.10 (+0.32), TMF: 72.95 (+1.00), PLW: 32.02 (+0.05), GOVT: 25.02 (+0.02)
Treasury yields tumble after weak data; S&P futures down 1%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 15, 7:41AM CDT
TLH: 132.64 (+0.41), TBX: 30.94 (-0.08), DFVS: 35.79 (-0.40), DLBL: 71.70 (-0.59), TBZ: 30.11 (-0.02), DFVL: 61.39 (+0.42), TLO: 69.34 (+0.34), UBT: 72.06 (+0.66), SPLX: 30.26 (+0.12), TLT: 119.49 (+0.58), TBT: 52.47 (-0.49), DLBS: 24.41 (-0.37), ZROZ: 109.62 (+0.99), SPXU: 39.94 (-0.04), SPY: 204.24 (+0.05), TYO: 19.63 (-0.22), ITE: 59.91 (-0.02), TTT: 50.61 (-0.75), GSY: 50.12 (+0.02), SCHR: 53.45 (+0.05), SPXL: 85.46 (+0.05), TYBS: 24.56 (-0.09), SPYG: 96.20 (+0.04), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), DTYL: 74.80 (-1.08), RWL: 39.98 (-0.03), TYD: 42.13 (+0.11), RSP: 78.88 (+0.04), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), PST: 25.50 (-0.10), EDV: 114.90 (+0.98), DTYS: 23.84 (-0.20), IVV: 205.58 (+0.09), TYNS: 31.33 (-0.06), TMV: 38.37 (-0.52), IVW: 111.20 (+0.03), SPYV: 100.69 (+0.13), SBND: 5.89 (-0.06), TBF: 26.78 (-0.13), SDS: 22.72 (-0.03), VGLT: 74.10 (+0.32), TMF: 72.95 (+1.00), VOOG: 99.54 (+0.01), UPRO: 129.20 (+0.14), EPS: 71.33 (+0.13), IVE: 92.84 (+0.08), FIVZ: 79.80 (unch), VGIT: 64.35 (+0.08), SH: 22.12 (unch), UST: 54.86 (+0.22), TENZ: 84.70 (+0.10), SSO: 125.98 (+0.11), RPV: 54.23 (-0.01), LBND: 47.13 (unch), VOO: 187.33 (+0.07), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VOOV: 89.19 (-0.03), RPG: 79.16 (+0.01)
What the Rush Into Treasury Bonds Is Signaling About Stocks
at The Street - Wed Oct 15, 5:10AM CDT
Now that the Fed's bond-buying program is ending, interest rate worries have become even more magnified, leading investors to flee high-yield corporate bonds for Treasurys.
HYG: 91.45 (-0.46), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), SPY: 204.24 (+0.05), IWM: 116.69 (-0.21)
Oily Artifice
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 15, 1:35AM CDT
By Jeffrey P. Snider It is worth furthering the point raised by San Francisco Fed President John Williams. Just as when QE2 ended it wasn't the end of QE in America, the belated end of QE3 and QE4 also may be just a temporary interruption. Mr....
USO: 28.83 (+0.54), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), UCO: 21.26 (+0.72), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), OLO: 11.55 (+0.05), DTO: 48.43 (-1.42), BNO: 31.34 (+0.70), UWTI: 15.30 (+0.64), SCO: 42.08 (-1.53), CRUD: 34.40 (-0.05), SZO: 44.40 (-0.94), DBO: 22.71 (+0.43), DNO: 40.15 (-0.76), OIL: 18.49 (+0.32), OLEM: 34.03 (-0.59), DWTI: 49.00 (-3.13), USL: 35.92 (+0.61)
Tighter Monetary Conditions - Not Lower Oil Prices - Are Pushing Down Inflation Expectations
Lars Christensen - Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 14, 8:42AM CDT
Oil prices are tumbling and so are inflation expectations so it is only natural to conclude that the drop in inflation expectations is caused by a positive supply shock - lower oil prices. However, that is not necessarily the case. In fact I believe...
USO: 28.83 (+0.54), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), UCO: 21.26 (+0.72), OLO: 11.55 (+0.05), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), DTO: 48.43 (-1.42), BNO: 31.34 (+0.70), UWTI: 15.30 (+0.64), SCO: 42.08 (-1.53), CRUD: 34.40 (-0.05), SPY: 204.24 (+0.05), SZO: 44.40 (-0.94), DNO: 40.15 (-0.76), DBO: 22.71 (+0.43), OIL: 18.49 (+0.32), OLEM: 34.03 (-0.59), DWTI: 49.00 (-3.13), USL: 35.92 (+0.61)
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI) : Take profit @ $122.7
Trading Central - Mon Oct 13, 1:54PM CDT
The iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI) has reached our stop loss which was set at $122.70. Performance: -1.14%.
IEI: 122.36 (+0.13)
IEI, PSDV, DTT, CPIX, ERII, FLM Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Up In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Tue Sep 23, 3:29AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of Imperial Equities Inc (NYSE:IEI), pSivida Corp (NASDAQ
IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), FLM: 45.02 (-0.03), PSDV: 3.67 (+0.10), DB: 29.89 (+0.16), CPIX: 4.99 (-0.01), DTT: 25.88 (+0.06), IEI.VN: 4.590 (-0.410), ERII: 4.66 (-0.03)
August ETF Asset Report: Treasury Bonds Prevail - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Sep 02, 9:06AM CDT
August saw investor interest both in stocks and bonds ETFs.
EEM: 41.44 (+0.34), VOO: 187.33 (+0.07), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), SPY: 204.24 (+0.05), IJH: 143.04 (-0.02), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), EZU: 36.90 (+0.14), SHY: 84.69 (+0.04), IVV: 205.58 (+0.09)
High Yield Bond ETFs See Huge Outflow, Where to Go? - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Mon Aug 11, 1:00PM CDT
Investors are turning their preferences from high yield bond ETFs to 'safe haven' fixed income avenues such as U.S. Treasuries and German bunds.
JNK: 39.86 (-0.13), HYG: 91.45 (-0.46), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), IEF: 105.10 (+0.22), BUND: 100.69 (+0.13), HYS: 104.00 (-0.28), EDV: 114.90 (+0.98), TLT: 119.49 (+0.58)
IEI Crosses Below Key Moving Average Level
ETFChannel.com - Wed Jul 30, 10:22AM CDT
In trading on Wednesday, shares of the iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF crossed below their 200 day moving average of $121.23, changing hands as low as $121.12 per share. iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond shares are currently trading down about 0.2%...
IEI: 122.36 (+0.13)
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI) : Short Sell @ $121.32
Trading Central - Mon Jul 28, 1:38PM CDT
(Weekly chart Chart) *the iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF has struck against a key resistance at 122.50 *A rising wedge pattern (reversing pattern) is taking place and calls for a down turn Regarding technical indicators: *the Daily RSI has...
IEI: 122.36 (+0.13)
Fantini Research National Revenue Report 2013 Summary
GlobeNewswire - Wed Feb 12, 3:58PM CST
Gaming revenues in the United States last year were about as flat as can be - just a 0.02 percent rise to $39.745 million at commercial casinos and those Indian casinos that report revenues publicly, according to Fantini's National Revenue Report.
KOG: 9.96 (+0.30), TLH: 132.64 (+0.41), IEI: 122.36 (+0.13), IEI.VN: 4.590 (-0.410), DRAD: 3.97 (+0.14), THI: 81.78 (+0.49), MVO: 22.58 (+0.30)