Aggregate Bond Ishares (AGG) 110.12 $AGG
The 2014 Commy Awards
Jeff Malec - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 5:24AM CST
There's the Emmy Awards, the Webby's, the ESPY's, (why do they all end in y), but no commodity awards as far as we know… Let's see if we can do something about that, with the first (and perhaps last) edition of the Commy Awards: (All Charts...
JO: 30.48 (+0.68), OLO: 8.30 (+0.05), OUNZ: 11.81 (-0.16), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), TFI: 24.16 (+0.06), USDU: 27.07 (+0.12), CAFE: 20.47 (+0.46), PVI: 24.96 (+0.01), SGOL: 115.85 (-1.58), RVNU: 25.95 (-0.10), DNO: 55.16 (-0.02), VRD: 29.95 (+0.10), PRB: 24.24 (-0.01), OIL: 12.54 (+0.04), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), OLEM: 24.95 (-0.30), UDNT: 12.09 (+0.02), USO: 20.36 (+0.07), UCO: 10.37 (+0.09), DTO: 80.51 (-0.83), MUB: 110.34 (+0.18), UUPT: 26.79 (+0.31), XMPT: 26.13 (-0.05), UWTI: 4.89 (+0.03), SCO: 76.52 (-0.58), UUP: 23.97 (+0.08), FMB: 51.39 (-0.04), SZO: 62.12 (+0.97), DBO: 15.70 (+0.05), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), CORN: 26.64 (-0.51), IAU: 11.44 (-0.16), UDN: 23.76 (-0.07), PZA: 25.41 (+0.07), AGOL: 118.09 (+2.35), FORX: 45.00 (-0.54), DWTI: 117.19 (-1.17), USL: 26.82 (+0.19)
Momentum And Rebalancing Of Retirement Income Portfolios
Toma Hentea - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 3:02PM CST
VTI: 106.00 (-1.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
Understanding The Oil Price War
Power Hedge - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 11:10AM CST
HYG: 89.60 (-0.24), XOM: 92.45 (-0.57), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
Big Equity Outflows - Is It That Time Of The Year?
Lipper Insight at Thomson Reuters - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 1:38PM CST
By Jeff Tjornehoj Crude oil continued its slide this past week, and focus turned to Russia and how its problems continue to grow the longer oil prices remain down. Lower prices led the consumer price index down 0.3% for November, its biggest...
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
Pimco 2015 outlook: Drop in oil most important new development
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 11:11AM CST
LDUR: 100.28 (+0.48), SIPE: 19.31 (-0.05), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), TIPX: 19.06 (-0.07), STIP: 99.02 (+0.15), TDTF: 24.45 (+0.02), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), TIPZ: 56.97 (+0.33), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), SCHP: 54.24 (+0.17), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), TDTT: 24.29 (unch), DI: 48.98 (+0.08), TPS: 27.65 (-0.10), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), TIP: 112.01 (+0.30), PDI: 30.74 (+0.39), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), IPE: 55.98 (+0.26), FWDB: 25.60 (+0.08), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), LTPZ: 67.21 (+0.79), VTIP: 48.24 (+0.10), STPZ: 51.73 (+0.11), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06)
Implications Of The Flattening Yield Curve
Clark Capital Management Group - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 16, 4:40PM CST
K. Sean Clark, CFA, Chief Investment Officer (click to enlarge) Over the last three months, we have seen a flattening of the Treasury yield curve as short-term rates have risen and the yield on the 10‐year Treasury has declined....
SAGG: 33.40 (unch), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21)
Gross: Fed needs to tread carefully
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 12:04PM CST
SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), LDUR: 100.28 (+0.48), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FWDB: 25.60 (+0.08), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), YPRO: 23.89 (+0.16), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), BYLD: 25.16 (+0.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), DI: 48.98 (+0.08)
What Do Central Banking And 'Twerking' Have In Common?
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 2:39PM CST
By Bill Bonner Mr. Market Shall Prevail New York is filling up with holiday shoppers and tourists. On Saturday, we went to the Broadway show Jersey Boys. It was not an especially complex or subtle storyline. But the music, of Frankie Valli...
JNK: 38.61 (-0.17), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
Fixed Income 2015: Handle With Care
ValueWalk - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 12:24PM CST
By LPL Financial Bond markets are likely to transition to a flat-return environment in 2015 after a volatile, but surprisingly positive return environment in 2014. We expect returns to be roughly flat or in the low-single digits for 2015. The...
FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), BLV: 94.27 (+0.05), YPRO: 23.89 (+0.16), MINC: 49.16 (+0.10), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), ILTB: 63.51 (-0.03), BSV: 79.95 (+0.04), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), GVI: 110.65 (+0.06), BYLD: 25.16 (+0.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), ISTB: 100.19 (+0.27), AGND: 45.04 (+0.01), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), BIV: 84.68 (+0.11), TAPR: 35.26 (-0.32), FLTB: 50.07 (+0.02), AGZD: 49.34 (+0.16), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), GOVT: 25.15 (-0.02), PLW: 32.92 (+0.04)
What Kinds Of ETFs Are Making Capital Gains Distributions This Year?
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 05, 3:45AM CST
By Robert Godsborough For investors, one of the most appealing aspects of exchange-traded funds is their clear tax efficiency. To start with, many passive funds inherently are low-turnover vehicles, with a minimal amount of concentrated buying...
BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), XPH: 107.96 (-0.56), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), FM: 30.80 (-0.15), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), RSCO: 84.38 (+0.03), SDY: 78.80 (-0.91)
Liquidity Crunch Redux
John Jansen - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 10:35AM CST
The Dodd Frank bill created something called the Office of Financial Research which is tucked away somewhere in the Department of the Treasury. The rocket scientists toiling away at that bureaucratic hideaway have reached the conclusion that we...
SAGG: 33.40 (unch), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21)
Worst Performance For Stock Pickers In 30 Years? Here's What To Do About It
ETFguide - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 4:42PM CST
By Ronald Delegge Isn't it more than ironic that of all the times stock picking fund managers would post their worst multi-decade performance - that it would be smack dab in the middle of a raging bull market? Never mind how the S&P 500 is...
VOO: 188.40 (-1.98), IJR: 114.06 (-0.71), MDY: 263.97 (-2.76), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), VNQI: 53.52 (-0.37), GCC: 22.86 (-0.33)
2015 Prediction: LOWER Interest Rates Ahead
Steve Sjuggerud - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 1:42PM CST
"It seems to me almost unthinkable that U.S. interest rates could rise in any meaningful way," Jeff Gundlach said on CNBC last week. Jeff Gundlach is "The New Bond King" according to Forbes . To be crowned King of the bond...
AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
2 Notes: Crude Oil And Bonds
David Merkel, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 12:42PM CST
I've been busier than ever of late - not much time to blog. Thus, a few notes: 1) Often the rate of change in a price can tell you something, particularly if the good in question is widely traded/held by a wide number of parties with different...
OLO: 8.30 (+0.05), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), CRUD: 26.94 (-0.43), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), DNO: 55.16 (-0.02), OIL: 12.54 (+0.04), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), OLEM: 24.95 (-0.30), USO: 20.36 (+0.07), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), TWTI: 20.38 (-0.05), UCO: 10.37 (+0.09), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), DTO: 80.51 (-0.83), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), UWTI: 4.89 (+0.03), SCO: 76.52 (-0.58), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), SZO: 62.12 (+0.97), DBO: 15.70 (+0.05), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), DWTI: 117.19 (-1.17), USL: 26.82 (+0.19)
How 30-Somethings Can Put Bonds To Work
Matt Tucker, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 5:40PM CST
In a recent Blog post , I revealed how Millennials may want to think about fixed income in their portfolios. Bonds can play an important role in managing portfolio risk, even if you have a long investment time horizon. What’s more, bonds...
SAGG: 33.40 (unch), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21)
Morgan Stanley: Central banks to stay aggressive in "lowflation" battle
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 10:04AM CST
LDUR: 100.28 (+0.48), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), DI: 48.98 (+0.08), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FWDB: 25.60 (+0.08), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), TAPR: 35.26 (-0.32), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), GOVT: 25.15 (-0.02), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02), PLW: 32.92 (+0.04)
iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market ETF announces monthly distribution of $0.282
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 9:53AM CST
AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
Dollar Consolidation Coming To An End, Poised For New Leg Up
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Nov 29, 9:39AM CST
The US dollar has been consolidating for the past couple of weeks, and that phase appears to be coming to an end. Next week's economic data and events will likely underscore the divergent theme, which works in the dollar's favor. We do not expect...
DIG: 54.01 (-0.80), FXA: 81.73 (-0.26), OIL: 12.54 (+0.04), FXB: 153.06 (+0.24), FXY: 81.21 (-0.20), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), FXC: 85.54 (-0.13), FXE: 119.14 (-0.53), FXF: 98.16 (-0.48), UUP: 23.97 (+0.08)
Income Investor Tips For Tax-Loss Harvesting
Morgan Myrmo - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 28, 3:54AM CST
KYN: 38.18 (-0.34), PBR: 7.30 (+0.03), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), PXD: 148.85 (-1.22), APA: 62.67 (-0.30), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), ARCP: 9.05 (-0.06), CVX: 112.18 (-0.93), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Global bond shortfall to continue next year
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 24, 10:18AM CST
SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), LDUR: 100.28 (+0.48), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), FWDB: 25.60 (+0.08), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), RIGS: 24.84 (-0.03), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), DI: 48.98 (+0.08)
The 2014 Commy Awards
Jeff Malec - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 5:24AM CST
There's the Emmy Awards, the Webby's, the ESPY's, (why do they all end in y), but no commodity awards as far as we know… Let's see if we can do something about that, with the first (and perhaps last) edition of the Commy Awards: (All Charts...
JO: 30.48 (+0.68), OLO: 8.30 (+0.05), OUNZ: 11.81 (-0.16), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), TFI: 24.16 (+0.06), USDU: 27.07 (+0.12), CAFE: 20.47 (+0.46), PVI: 24.96 (+0.01), SGOL: 115.85 (-1.58), RVNU: 25.95 (-0.10), DNO: 55.16 (-0.02), VRD: 29.95 (+0.10), PRB: 24.24 (-0.01), OIL: 12.54 (+0.04), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), OLEM: 24.95 (-0.30), UDNT: 12.09 (+0.02), USO: 20.36 (+0.07), UCO: 10.37 (+0.09), DTO: 80.51 (-0.83), MUB: 110.34 (+0.18), UUPT: 26.79 (+0.31), XMPT: 26.13 (-0.05), UWTI: 4.89 (+0.03), SCO: 76.52 (-0.58), UUP: 23.97 (+0.08), FMB: 51.39 (-0.04), SZO: 62.12 (+0.97), DBO: 15.70 (+0.05), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), CORN: 26.64 (-0.51), IAU: 11.44 (-0.16), UDN: 23.76 (-0.07), PZA: 25.41 (+0.07), AGOL: 118.09 (+2.35), FORX: 45.00 (-0.54), DWTI: 117.19 (-1.17), USL: 26.82 (+0.19)
Momentum And Rebalancing Of Retirement Income Portfolios
Toma Hentea - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 3:02PM CST
VTI: 106.00 (-1.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
Understanding The Oil Price War
Power Hedge - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 11:10AM CST
HYG: 89.60 (-0.24), XOM: 92.45 (-0.57), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
Big Equity Outflows - Is It That Time Of The Year?
Lipper Insight at Thomson Reuters - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 1:38PM CST
By Jeff Tjornehoj Crude oil continued its slide this past week, and focus turned to Russia and how its problems continue to grow the longer oil prices remain down. Lower prices led the consumer price index down 0.3% for November, its biggest...
SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), IWM: 119.62 (-0.72), XLF: 24.73 (-0.28)
Pimco 2015 outlook: Drop in oil most important new development
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 11:11AM CST
LDUR: 100.28 (+0.48), SIPE: 19.31 (-0.05), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), TIPX: 19.06 (-0.07), STIP: 99.02 (+0.15), TDTF: 24.45 (+0.02), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), TIPZ: 56.97 (+0.33), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), SCHP: 54.24 (+0.17), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), TDTT: 24.29 (unch), DI: 48.98 (+0.08), TPS: 27.65 (-0.10), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), TIP: 112.01 (+0.30), PDI: 30.74 (+0.39), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), IPE: 55.98 (+0.26), FWDB: 25.60 (+0.08), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), LTPZ: 67.21 (+0.79), VTIP: 48.24 (+0.10), STPZ: 51.73 (+0.11), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06)
Implications Of The Flattening Yield Curve
Clark Capital Management Group - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 16, 4:40PM CST
K. Sean Clark, CFA, Chief Investment Officer (click to enlarge) Over the last three months, we have seen a flattening of the Treasury yield curve as short-term rates have risen and the yield on the 10‐year Treasury has declined....
SAGG: 33.40 (unch), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21)
Gross: Fed needs to tread carefully
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 12:04PM CST
SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), LDUR: 100.28 (+0.48), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FWDB: 25.60 (+0.08), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), YPRO: 23.89 (+0.16), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), BYLD: 25.16 (+0.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), DI: 48.98 (+0.08)
What Do Central Banking And 'Twerking' Have In Common?
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 2:39PM CST
By Bill Bonner Mr. Market Shall Prevail New York is filling up with holiday shoppers and tourists. On Saturday, we went to the Broadway show Jersey Boys. It was not an especially complex or subtle storyline. But the music, of Frankie Valli...
JNK: 38.61 (-0.17), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
Fixed Income 2015: Handle With Care
ValueWalk - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 12:24PM CST
By LPL Financial Bond markets are likely to transition to a flat-return environment in 2015 after a volatile, but surprisingly positive return environment in 2014. We expect returns to be roughly flat or in the low-single digits for 2015. The...
FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), BLV: 94.27 (+0.05), YPRO: 23.89 (+0.16), MINC: 49.16 (+0.10), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), ILTB: 63.51 (-0.03), BSV: 79.95 (+0.04), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), GVI: 110.65 (+0.06), BYLD: 25.16 (+0.06), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), ISTB: 100.19 (+0.27), AGND: 45.04 (+0.01), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), BIV: 84.68 (+0.11), TAPR: 35.26 (-0.32), FLTB: 50.07 (+0.02), AGZD: 49.34 (+0.16), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), GOVT: 25.15 (-0.02), PLW: 32.92 (+0.04)
What Kinds Of ETFs Are Making Capital Gains Distributions This Year?
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 05, 3:45AM CST
By Robert Godsborough For investors, one of the most appealing aspects of exchange-traded funds is their clear tax efficiency. To start with, many passive funds inherently are low-turnover vehicles, with a minimal amount of concentrated buying...
BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), XPH: 107.96 (-0.56), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), FM: 30.80 (-0.15), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), RSCO: 84.38 (+0.03), SDY: 78.80 (-0.91)
Liquidity Crunch Redux
John Jansen - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 10:35AM CST
The Dodd Frank bill created something called the Office of Financial Research which is tucked away somewhere in the Department of the Treasury. The rocket scientists toiling away at that bureaucratic hideaway have reached the conclusion that we...
SAGG: 33.40 (unch), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21)
Worst Performance For Stock Pickers In 30 Years? Here's What To Do About It
ETFguide - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 4:42PM CST
By Ronald Delegge Isn't it more than ironic that of all the times stock picking fund managers would post their worst multi-decade performance - that it would be smack dab in the middle of a raging bull market? Never mind how the S&P 500 is...
VOO: 188.40 (-1.98), IJR: 114.06 (-0.71), MDY: 263.97 (-2.76), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), VNQI: 53.52 (-0.37), GCC: 22.86 (-0.33)
2015 Prediction: LOWER Interest Rates Ahead
Steve Sjuggerud - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 1:42PM CST
"It seems to me almost unthinkable that U.S. interest rates could rise in any meaningful way," Jeff Gundlach said on CNBC last week. Jeff Gundlach is "The New Bond King" according to Forbes . To be crowned King of the bond...
AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
2 Notes: Crude Oil And Bonds
David Merkel, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 12:42PM CST
I've been busier than ever of late - not much time to blog. Thus, a few notes: 1) Often the rate of change in a price can tell you something, particularly if the good in question is widely traded/held by a wide number of parties with different...
OLO: 8.30 (+0.05), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), CRUD: 26.94 (-0.43), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), DNO: 55.16 (-0.02), OIL: 12.54 (+0.04), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), OLEM: 24.95 (-0.30), USO: 20.36 (+0.07), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), TWTI: 20.38 (-0.05), UCO: 10.37 (+0.09), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), DTO: 80.51 (-0.83), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), UWTI: 4.89 (+0.03), SCO: 76.52 (-0.58), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), SZO: 62.12 (+0.97), DBO: 15.70 (+0.05), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), DWTI: 117.19 (-1.17), USL: 26.82 (+0.19)
How 30-Somethings Can Put Bonds To Work
Matt Tucker, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 5:40PM CST
In a recent Blog post , I revealed how Millennials may want to think about fixed income in their portfolios. Bonds can play an important role in managing portfolio risk, even if you have a long investment time horizon. What’s more, bonds...
SAGG: 33.40 (unch), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21)
Morgan Stanley: Central banks to stay aggressive in "lowflation" battle
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 10:04AM CST
LDUR: 100.28 (+0.48), FBND: 50.03 (+0.07), IUSB: 100.67 (+0.21), GBF: 114.51 (+0.50), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), DI: 48.98 (+0.08), SCHZ: 52.36 (+0.03), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), VBND: 49.83 (+0.06), FWDB: 25.60 (+0.08), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SAGG: 33.40 (unch), TAPR: 35.26 (-0.32), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), LAG: 58.32 (+0.07), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), GOVT: 25.15 (-0.02), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02), PLW: 32.92 (+0.04)
iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market ETF announces monthly distribution of $0.282
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 9:53AM CST
AGG: 110.12 (+0.03)
Dollar Consolidation Coming To An End, Poised For New Leg Up
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Nov 29, 9:39AM CST
The US dollar has been consolidating for the past couple of weeks, and that phase appears to be coming to an end. Next week's economic data and events will likely underscore the divergent theme, which works in the dollar's favor. We do not expect...
DIG: 54.01 (-0.80), FXA: 81.73 (-0.26), OIL: 12.54 (+0.04), FXB: 153.06 (+0.24), FXY: 81.21 (-0.20), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), FXC: 85.54 (-0.13), FXE: 119.14 (-0.53), FXF: 98.16 (-0.48), UUP: 23.97 (+0.08)
Income Investor Tips For Tax-Loss Harvesting
Morgan Myrmo - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 28, 3:54AM CST
KYN: 38.18 (-0.34), PBR: 7.30 (+0.03), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), PXD: 148.85 (-1.22), APA: 62.67 (-0.30), AGG: 110.12 (+0.03), ARCP: 9.05 (-0.06), CVX: 112.18 (-0.93), XLE: 79.16 (-0.60)
Global bond shortfall to continue next year
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 24, 10:18AM CST
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