1-3 Year Treasury Bond Ishares (SHY) 84.45 $SHY
Why I'm Margin SHY
Eratosthenes - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 2:01PM CST
SHY: 84.45 (-0.03)
Top ETF Stories Of 2014 Worth Watching In 2015
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 4:37PM CST
The stock market across the globe has given mixed performances in 2014. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 18,000 mark for the first time in mid December and the S&P 500 is on the verge of crossing the 2,100 level on the back of...
USO: 20.36 (+0.07), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), OIH: 35.92 (-0.30), XOP: 47.86 (-0.09), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), FCG: 11.21 (-0.04), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24)
Top ETF Stories of 2014 Worth Watching in 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Mon Dec 29, 12:00PM CST
These ETFs could be ones to watch heading into 2015.
USO: 20.36 (+0.07), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), OIH: 35.92 (-0.30), XOP: 47.86 (-0.09), FCG: 11.21 (-0.04), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24)
Putting Together Quant Portfolios
Paul Novell - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 2:19AM CST
One of the more overlooked areas of quantitative investing is how to integrate quant strategies into a diversified portfolio. Let's look at a few of the issues involved and some possible solutions. I've discussed the big allocation decision...
XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87)
Yellen Comments Trigger Treasury Bond Sell-Off
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:39PM CST
The biggest one-day treasury bond sell-off in months was posted this week, this as Janet Yellen, Chairwoman with the Federal Reserve Bank, again voiced concerns that interest rates may be raised sooner than anticipated by investors by the central...
TLH: 135.17 (-0.10), TBX: 30.50 (-0.02), DFVS: 35.63 (-0.55), DLBL: 74.04 (-1.55), DFVL: 60.52 (-1.81), TBZ: 30.01 (+0.28), TLO: 72.87 (+0.33), UBT: 80.79 (+0.90), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), DLBS: 21.50 (+0.05), ZROZ: 119.82 (+0.41), TYO: 18.84 (-0.10), ITE: 59.95 (+0.11), TTT: 42.06 (-0.30), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), GSY: 49.92 (-0.03), SCHR: 53.60 (+0.14), SYTL: 85.14 (+0.36), TYBS: 23.06 (-0.14), IEI: 122.31 (+0.14), DTYL: 72.93 (+0.30), TYD: 43.96 (-0.43), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), PST: 24.77 (-0.08), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), EDV: 123.94 (-0.03), DTYS: 22.88 (-0.16), TYNS: 30.84 (-0.05), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SBND: 5.01 (-0.08), TBF: 25.15 (-0.08), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), VGLT: 77.77 (+0.19), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02), FIVZ: 79.27 (-0.17), VGIT: 64.49 (+0.12), UST: 55.49 (+0.14), TENZ: 85.60 (+0.12), LBND: 54.72 (unch), TAPR: 35.26 (-0.32), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), PLW: 32.92 (+0.04), GOVT: 25.15 (-0.02)
Fed's Williams: June a good time for "lift-off"
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:05PM CST
STPP: 34.59 (-0.13), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), FLAT: 61.27 (+0.08), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02)
Implied Forward T-Bill Rates Rise 0.09% In 2019 And Fall 0.02% From 2021 To 2024
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 2:44AM CST
NUV: 9.65 (+0.05), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), REM: 11.71 (-0.15), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58)
Goldman: FOMC statement leans dovish
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 3:02PM CST
STPP: 34.59 (-0.13), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), FLAT: 61.27 (+0.08), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02)
Yellen: There's been no policy change
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 1:42PM CST
STPP: 34.59 (-0.13), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), FLAT: 61.27 (+0.08), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02)
Enhancing The Permanent Portfolio With Simple Quantitative Techniques
Evangelos Maderakis - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 8:24AM CST
(click to enlarge) There is something very attractive about vintage items that just won't die. They just keep coming back. Same philosophy but better up-to-date technology. It's not just cars. It's investment strategies, too. And like the VW...
VTI: 106.00 (-1.06), VOO: 188.40 (-1.98), TIP: 112.01 (+0.30), PCY: 28.16 (-0.17), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), CWB: 46.89 (-0.28), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), IAU: 11.44 (-0.16), SCHB: 49.82 (-0.48), IVV: 206.87 (-2.14), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24)
What Does This Week's Big Twist In The U.S. Treasury Market Mean For The Next 10 Years?
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 2:29PM CST
BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), NUV: 9.65 (+0.05), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), REM: 11.71 (-0.15), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58)
Dual Momentum ETF Portfolio For December
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 1:50PM CST
Scott's Investments provides a free "Dual ETF Momentum" spreadsheet which was originally created in February 2013. The strategy was inspired by a paper written by Gary Antonacci and available on Optimal Momentum. My Dual ETF Momentum...
VTI: 106.00 (-1.06), HYG: 89.60 (-0.24), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), REM: 11.71 (-0.15), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), VNQ: 81.00 (-1.39), VEU: 46.86 (-0.21), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), CIU: 109.33 (+0.10)
Treasury yields plumb new lows
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 10:24AM CST
TLH: 135.17 (-0.10), TBX: 30.50 (-0.02), DFVS: 35.63 (-0.55), DLBL: 74.04 (-1.55), DFVL: 60.52 (-1.81), TBZ: 30.01 (+0.28), TLO: 72.87 (+0.33), UBT: 80.79 (+0.90), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), DLBS: 21.50 (+0.05), ZROZ: 119.82 (+0.41), TYO: 18.84 (-0.10), ITE: 59.95 (+0.11), TTT: 42.06 (-0.30), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), GSY: 49.92 (-0.03), SCHR: 53.60 (+0.14), SYTL: 85.14 (+0.36), TYBS: 23.06 (-0.14), IEI: 122.31 (+0.14), DTYL: 72.93 (+0.30), ITLY: 31.34 (+0.33), TYD: 43.96 (-0.43), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), PST: 24.77 (-0.08), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), EDV: 123.94 (-0.03), ITLT: 66.10 (-0.15), EU: 21.47 (-0.33), DTYS: 22.88 (-0.16), TYNS: 30.84 (-0.05), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SBND: 5.01 (-0.08), TBF: 25.15 (-0.08), BUNT: 48.73 (+0.32), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), VGLT: 77.77 (+0.19), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02), BUNL: 27.37 (+0.53), FIVZ: 79.27 (-0.17), VGIT: 64.49 (+0.12), UST: 55.49 (+0.14), TENZ: 85.60 (+0.12), GGOV: 39.97 (unch), LBND: 54.72 (unch), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02)
2 U.S. Developments That If You Blinked You Missed
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 11, 10:36AM CST
The markets have been more tumultuous than usual in recent days. There were two developments that are important for investors to know about, but many likely missed. First, yesterday the US reported the November budget deficit. At $56.8 bln, it...
SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), UUP: 23.97 (+0.08)
How Did We Get Here?
Auspex Research - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 10, 3:43PM CST
I was asked to write something for a friend who knows only a little about the stock market that gives my thoughts on the current economic environment given the fact that mainstream media is trumpeting the successes of this supposed strong economy. He...
TLH: 135.17 (-0.10), TBX: 30.50 (-0.02), DFVS: 35.63 (-0.55), TBZ: 30.01 (+0.28), DFVL: 60.52 (-1.81), DLBL: 74.04 (-1.55), SINF: 47.80 (-0.36), MBG: 27.17 (+0.01), TLO: 72.87 (+0.33), UBT: 80.79 (+0.90), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), STIP: 99.02 (+0.15), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), RINF: 31.53 (-0.11), DLBS: 21.50 (+0.05), ZROZ: 119.82 (+0.41), FINF: 42.22 (-0.26), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), ITE: 59.95 (+0.11), TYO: 18.84 (-0.10), TTT: 42.06 (-0.30), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), SCHP: 54.24 (+0.17), MBB: 109.32 (+0.08), GSY: 49.92 (-0.03), SCHR: 53.60 (+0.14), UINF: 28.31 (+0.06), SYTL: 85.14 (+0.36), TPS: 27.65 (-0.10), TYBS: 23.06 (-0.14), TIP: 112.01 (+0.30), IEI: 122.31 (+0.14), DTYL: 72.93 (+0.30), TYD: 43.96 (-0.43), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), PST: 24.77 (-0.08), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), EDV: 123.94 (-0.03), GNMA: 50.62 (-0.37), DTYS: 22.88 (-0.16), TYNS: 30.84 (-0.05), TFLO: 50.09 (+0.11), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), LTPZ: 67.21 (+0.79), VTIP: 48.24 (+0.10), SBND: 5.01 (-0.08), TBF: 25.15 (-0.08), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), VGLT: 77.77 (+0.19), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02), SIPE: 19.31 (-0.05), FLAT: 61.27 (+0.08), USFR: 24.88 (unch), TIPX: 19.06 (-0.07), AGZ: 113.10 (-0.12), TDTF: 24.45 (+0.02), TIPZ: 56.97 (+0.33), INFL: 39.28 (+0.47), TDTT: 24.29 (unch), FIVZ: 79.27 (-0.17), DEFL: 55.77 (unch), VGIT: 64.49 (+0.12), IPE: 55.98 (+0.26), UST: 55.49 (+0.14), TENZ: 85.60 (+0.12), LBND: 54.72 (unch), STPP: 34.59 (-0.13), TAPR: 35.26 (-0.32), VMBS: 53.01 (+0.05), STPZ: 51.73 (+0.11), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), PLW: 32.92 (+0.04), GOVT: 25.15 (-0.02)
Hilsenrath: "Considerable time" language could be gone next week
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 9:08AM CST
STPP: 34.59 (-0.13), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), FLAT: 61.27 (+0.08), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02)
Money flows back into fixed income
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 8:47AM CST
TLH: 135.17 (-0.10), TBX: 30.50 (-0.02), DFVS: 35.63 (-0.55), TBZ: 30.01 (+0.28), DFVL: 60.52 (-1.81), DLBL: 74.04 (-1.55), TLO: 72.87 (+0.33), UBT: 80.79 (+0.90), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), DLBS: 21.50 (+0.05), ZROZ: 119.82 (+0.41), ITE: 59.95 (+0.11), TYO: 18.84 (-0.10), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), TTT: 42.06 (-0.30), SCHR: 53.60 (+0.14), GSY: 49.92 (-0.03), SYTL: 85.14 (+0.36), TYBS: 23.06 (-0.14), FIVZ: 79.27 (-0.17), VGIT: 64.49 (+0.12), DTYL: 72.93 (+0.30), IEI: 122.31 (+0.14), TYD: 43.96 (-0.43), PST: 24.77 (-0.08), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), UST: 55.49 (+0.14), TENZ: 85.60 (+0.12), EDV: 123.94 (-0.03), DTYS: 22.88 (-0.16), TYNS: 30.84 (-0.05), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), LBND: 54.72 (unch), SBND: 5.01 (-0.08), TBF: 25.15 (-0.08), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), VGLT: 77.77 (+0.19), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58)
A Trend Following Bond Portfolio For Any Environment
Paul Novell - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 07, 12:52PM CST
Interest rates are going up. Interest rates are going down. The 30-year bull market in bonds is coming to an end. The Fed cannot afford to raise rates significantly without killing the economy. Bonds will have negative real returns going forward....
JNK: 38.61 (-0.17), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), IGOV: 96.78 (-0.17), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24)
Short end of yield curve on the move after jobs number
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 05, 8:09AM CST
DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02)
Why I'm Margin SHY
Eratosthenes - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 2:01PM CST
SHY: 84.45 (-0.03)
Top ETF Stories Of 2014 Worth Watching In 2015
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 4:37PM CST
The stock market across the globe has given mixed performances in 2014. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed the 18,000 mark for the first time in mid December and the S&P 500 is on the verge of crossing the 2,100 level on the back of...
USO: 20.36 (+0.07), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), OIH: 35.92 (-0.30), XOP: 47.86 (-0.09), RBL: 14.36 (-0.83), FCG: 11.21 (-0.04), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24)
Top ETF Stories of 2014 Worth Watching in 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Mon Dec 29, 12:00PM CST
These ETFs could be ones to watch heading into 2015.
USO: 20.36 (+0.07), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), RSXJ: 19.85 (-0.43), OIH: 35.92 (-0.30), XOP: 47.86 (-0.09), FCG: 11.21 (-0.04), BNO: 22.70 (+0.23), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), RSX: 14.63 (-0.91), ERUS: 11.47 (-0.73), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24)
Putting Together Quant Portfolios
Paul Novell - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 2:19AM CST
One of the more overlooked areas of quantitative investing is how to integrate quant strategies into a diversified portfolio. Let's look at a few of the issues involved and some possible solutions. I've discussed the big allocation decision...
XLP: 48.49 (-0.60), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), XLU: 47.22 (-0.87)
Yellen Comments Trigger Treasury Bond Sell-Off
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:39PM CST
The biggest one-day treasury bond sell-off in months was posted this week, this as Janet Yellen, Chairwoman with the Federal Reserve Bank, again voiced concerns that interest rates may be raised sooner than anticipated by investors by the central...
TLH: 135.17 (-0.10), TBX: 30.50 (-0.02), DFVS: 35.63 (-0.55), DLBL: 74.04 (-1.55), DFVL: 60.52 (-1.81), TBZ: 30.01 (+0.28), TLO: 72.87 (+0.33), UBT: 80.79 (+0.90), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), DLBS: 21.50 (+0.05), ZROZ: 119.82 (+0.41), TYO: 18.84 (-0.10), ITE: 59.95 (+0.11), TTT: 42.06 (-0.30), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), GSY: 49.92 (-0.03), SCHR: 53.60 (+0.14), SYTL: 85.14 (+0.36), TYBS: 23.06 (-0.14), IEI: 122.31 (+0.14), DTYL: 72.93 (+0.30), TYD: 43.96 (-0.43), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), PST: 24.77 (-0.08), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), EDV: 123.94 (-0.03), DTYS: 22.88 (-0.16), TYNS: 30.84 (-0.05), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SBND: 5.01 (-0.08), TBF: 25.15 (-0.08), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), VGLT: 77.77 (+0.19), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02), FIVZ: 79.27 (-0.17), VGIT: 64.49 (+0.12), UST: 55.49 (+0.14), TENZ: 85.60 (+0.12), LBND: 54.72 (unch), TAPR: 35.26 (-0.32), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), PLW: 32.92 (+0.04), GOVT: 25.15 (-0.02)
Fed's Williams: June a good time for "lift-off"
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:05PM CST
STPP: 34.59 (-0.13), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), FLAT: 61.27 (+0.08), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02)
Implied Forward T-Bill Rates Rise 0.09% In 2019 And Fall 0.02% From 2021 To 2024
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 2:44AM CST
NUV: 9.65 (+0.05), BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), REM: 11.71 (-0.15), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58)
Goldman: FOMC statement leans dovish
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 3:02PM CST
STPP: 34.59 (-0.13), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), FLAT: 61.27 (+0.08), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02)
Yellen: There's been no policy change
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 1:42PM CST
STPP: 34.59 (-0.13), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), FLAT: 61.27 (+0.08), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02)
Enhancing The Permanent Portfolio With Simple Quantitative Techniques
Evangelos Maderakis - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 8:24AM CST
(click to enlarge) There is something very attractive about vintage items that just won't die. They just keep coming back. Same philosophy but better up-to-date technology. It's not just cars. It's investment strategies, too. And like the VW...
VTI: 106.00 (-1.06), VOO: 188.40 (-1.98), TIP: 112.01 (+0.30), PCY: 28.16 (-0.17), SPY: 205.54 (-2.06), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), CWB: 46.89 (-0.28), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), IAU: 11.44 (-0.16), SCHB: 49.82 (-0.48), IVV: 206.87 (-2.14), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24)
What Does This Week's Big Twist In The U.S. Treasury Market Mean For The Next 10 Years?
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 2:29PM CST
BOND: 107.21 (+0.02), NUV: 9.65 (+0.05), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), REM: 11.71 (-0.15), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), BND: 82.37 (+0.06), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58)
Dual Momentum ETF Portfolio For December
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 1:50PM CST
Scott's Investments provides a free "Dual ETF Momentum" spreadsheet which was originally created in February 2013. The strategy was inspired by a paper written by Gary Antonacci and available on Optimal Momentum. My Dual ETF Momentum...
VTI: 106.00 (-1.06), HYG: 89.60 (-0.24), GLD: 113.58 (-1.62), REM: 11.71 (-0.15), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), VNQ: 81.00 (-1.39), VEU: 46.86 (-0.21), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), CIU: 109.33 (+0.10)
Treasury yields plumb new lows
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 10:24AM CST
TLH: 135.17 (-0.10), TBX: 30.50 (-0.02), DFVS: 35.63 (-0.55), DLBL: 74.04 (-1.55), DFVL: 60.52 (-1.81), TBZ: 30.01 (+0.28), TLO: 72.87 (+0.33), UBT: 80.79 (+0.90), TLT: 125.92 (+0.24), TBT: 46.39 (-0.28), DLBS: 21.50 (+0.05), ZROZ: 119.82 (+0.41), TYO: 18.84 (-0.10), ITE: 59.95 (+0.11), TTT: 42.06 (-0.30), SCHO: 50.58 (+0.03), GSY: 49.92 (-0.03), SCHR: 53.60 (+0.14), SYTL: 85.14 (+0.36), TYBS: 23.06 (-0.14), IEI: 122.31 (+0.14), DTYL: 72.93 (+0.30), ITLY: 31.34 (+0.33), TYD: 43.96 (-0.43), IEF: 105.99 (+0.12), PST: 24.77 (-0.08), DTUS: 36.11 (-0.09), EDV: 123.94 (-0.03), ITLT: 66.10 (-0.15), EU: 21.47 (-0.33), DTYS: 22.88 (-0.16), TYNS: 30.84 (-0.05), TMV: 31.73 (-0.22), DTUL: 59.71 (-0.39), SBND: 5.01 (-0.08), TBF: 25.15 (-0.08), BUNT: 48.73 (+0.32), TUZ: 50.98 (+0.14), SHY: 84.45 (-0.03), VGLT: 77.77 (+0.19), TMF: 86.04 (+0.58), SHV: 110.25 (+0.02), BUNL: 27.37 (+0.53), FIVZ: 79.27 (-0.17), VGIT: 64.49 (+0.12), UST: 55.49 (+0.14), TENZ: 85.60 (+0.12), GGOV: 39.97 (unch), LBND: 54.72 (unch), BIL: 45.74 (+0.01), SST: 30.08 (+0.02), VGSH: 60.88 (+0.02)
2 U.S. Developments That If You Blinked You Missed
Marc Chandler - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 11, 10:36AM CST
The markets have been more tumultuous than usual in recent days. There were two developments that are important for investors to know about, but many likely missed. First, yesterday the US reported the November budget deficit. At $56.8 bln, it...
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How Did We Get Here?
Auspex Research - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 10, 3:43PM CST
I was asked to write something for a friend who knows only a little about the stock market that gives my thoughts on the current economic environment given the fact that mainstream media is trumpeting the successes of this supposed strong economy. He...
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Hilsenrath: "Considerable time" language could be gone next week
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 9:08AM CST
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Money flows back into fixed income
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 8:47AM CST
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A Trend Following Bond Portfolio For Any Environment
Paul Novell - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 07, 12:52PM CST
Interest rates are going up. Interest rates are going down. The 30-year bull market in bonds is coming to an end. The Fed cannot afford to raise rates significantly without killing the economy. Bonds will have negative real returns going forward....
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Short end of yield curve on the move after jobs number
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 05, 8:09AM CST
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