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Feb 13, 2015 at 10:43 PM

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Treasury Sales Make Long-Term Bond Bulls Flinch
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:58PM CST
Those invested heavily in long-term US treasuries showed some nervousness on Tuesday, letting the yields slump under the weight of a fantastic unemployment report from the country's Department of Labor. The huge demand for safe securities appears...
DHY: 2.77 (unch), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19)

The Sectors Now On Shaky Ground
Russ Koesterich, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:52AM CST
Equities rose last week as the U.S. played a bit of catch-up with the international markets. A particularly strong U.S. jobs report confirmed the economy continues to improve, but also demonstrated that some areas of the stock market, such as...
FRI: 23.33 (-0.16), WREI: 47.61 (-0.42), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), SCHH: 40.87 (-0.32), DRV: 22.00 (+0.46), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), REK: 19.56 (+0.19), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), DRN: 90.19 (-1.98), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44), URE: 115.05 (-1.18), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), SRS: 11.55 (+0.12), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), RWR: 95.23 (-0.83), FTY: 49.14 (-0.35), ICF: 102.12 (-0.98), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), PSR: 76.21 (-0.67), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), KBWY: 36.19 (-0.18)

Investors bet bond bull market isn't over
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 4:08PM CST

FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), AOR: 40.71 (+0.14), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), GIVE: 64.50 (+0.10), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), MATH: 30.80 (+0.20), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), RLY: 27.39 (+0.26), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), GAL: 35.50 (+0.04), EPRO: 30.86 (+0.05), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), AOK: 32.72 (+0.03), AOM: 35.36 (+0.04), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), GAA: 25.12 (+0.08), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), DBIZ: 25.92 (-0.03), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), GTAA: 25.33 (+0.10), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)

Implied Forward T-Bill Rates Show A Rise To 2.59% In 2021, Up 0.12% From Last Week
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 5:35PM CST

NUV: 9.86 (-0.02), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88)

Cash Allocations And Volatility In A Long-Term Bull Market
Theodore Walker - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 12:00PM CST

VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13)

High-Quality Bonds: Revisiting The Benefits Of Owning Bonds
ValueWalk - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 6:56PM CST
By LPL Financial The presence of record, or near record, low yields in early 2015 has diminished bonds’ ability to provide diversification benefits for investors. Bonds are off to a strong start so far in 2015, in part due to stocks stumbling...
SAGG: 32.96 (unch), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22)

Here We Go Again: TIPS Yields Diving Toward Negative Real Returns
Tipswatch - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 3:01PM CST
Yields on Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities are plummeting, making TIPS you own (and TIPS funds) more valuable, but making TIPS a far less attractive investment in the near term. US Treasuries of all sorts are booming because of a strong...
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13)

Back To The Box Paradigm: A U.S. Fixed Income ETF Portfolio
Cerebro1 - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 6:51PM CST

BIV: 85.53 (-0.14), FLOT: 50.57 (+0.01), BSV: 80.11 (-0.03), VCIT: 87.20 (-0.21), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), BLV: 95.24 (-0.66), VCLT: 93.45 (-0.53)

Where Is The Hedge?
Brad Zigler - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 3:52PM CST
It hasn't been a great year for alternative investments. To put it simply, vanilla trumped spice. Only one alternative class-real estate-beat the S&P 500 Index in 2014. Of course, alternatives, or "alts," aren't meant to replace core...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), HDGE: 11.05 (-0.12), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), RALS: 41.27 (+0.06), PSR: 76.21 (-0.67)

'Dollar-Ize' Your Portfolio: Combining Dollar Bull Strategies With Stocks And Bonds
WisdomTree - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 3:29PM CST
By Rick Harper & Bradley Krom One of our highest-conviction ideas for 2015 is the ongoing strength of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies. While this trend actually started in 2011 , we believe that it has the ability to persist...
ACWI: 60.44 (+0.38), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13)

More shots fired: State Street cuts fees on 41 ETFs
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 11:35AM CST

EDIV: 34.75 (+0.63), IST: 26.46 (+0.04), GWX: 28.22 (+0.19), TLO: 73.76 (-0.77), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), SCPB: 30.64 (-0.02), GUR: 29.67 (+0.73), SLYV: 105.63 (+0.51), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), VLU: 81.38 (unch), JPP: 44.14 (unch), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), GMF: 87.70 (+0.63), LWC: 41.85 (-0.35), GML: 50.91 (+0.29), SLYG: 183.87 (+0.83), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), MMTM: 88.54 (+0.08), IBND: 32.80 (-0.01), IRV: 21.25 (unch), SPYG: 99.50 (+0.50), STT: 76.93 (-0.46), IPD: 39.17 (+0.18), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), IPU: 17.53 (-0.07), ITR: 34.25 (-0.08), IPE: 56.23 (-0.11), IPF: 21.09 (+0.28), IPK: 32.15 (+0.50), IPN: 29.87 (+0.12), GAF: 71.20 (+0.49), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), MTK: 103.74 (+1.00), IPW: 20.92 (+0.32), BIK: 22.88 (+0.20), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), IRY: 49.63 (+0.34), SST: 30.16 (-0.01)

January AAII Asset Allocation Survey: Fixed-Income Allocations Near A 2-Year High
AAII - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 11:04AM CST
Individual investors' allocations to bonds and bond funds rose to their highest level in nearly two years, according to the January AAII Asset Allocation Survey. Equity allocations stayed within their recent range, while cash allocations increased...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)

Central Banks Have Violated Fundamental Laws Of Finance
EconMatters - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 8:09AM CST
Is Monetary Policy Too Complicated for Mainstream to Understand? It is amazing how far Central Banks have been allowed to go with regard to policy tools and influence, and how extreme their policy measures have become since the financial crisis....
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)

Bond Market Update: January 2015
Concert Capital Management - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 2:25AM CST
Global economic and geo-political instability is providing global demand for U.S. bonds, and it doesn't look like this will end soon. Large capitalization corporate issuers appear to be stable in credit metrics (aside from energy sector leveraged...
SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF announces monthly distribution of $0.176
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 1:50PM CST

AGG: 110.76 (-0.13)

Why U.S. Bond Yields Are Falling
Andrew Sachais - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 10:34PM CST

TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)

Interest Rate Cycle Sharpens As Implied Forward T-Bill Rates Bend Down By 0.30% In 2025
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 10:28AM CST

NUV: 9.86 (-0.02), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88)

Gross: Capitalism needs hope, and Fed will comply
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 2:24PM CST

SAGG: 32.96 (unch), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22)

North American Bond Market Fireworks
Brian Romanchuk - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 12:40PM CST
There is very little going the Treasury bond bears' way this year. They could not even be saved by a hawkish FOMC statement yesterday. Looking North, the Bank of Canada decision may be better explained by the downward revisions to job creation in...
SAGG: 32.96 (unch), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22)

Investment Strategies For Retirees In Today's Economic Reality
Portfolio Management 101 - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 7:23PM CST

DVY: 79.57 (-0.29), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95)

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