Total Return ETF Pimco (BOND) 109.14 $BOND
Pimco Total Return Fund returns to 5-star rating
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 9:47AM CST
BOND: 109.14 (-0.10)
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)
4 ETFs You Can Hold Forever
David Fabian - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 3:42PM CST
The trend of money flowing towards robo-advisers and passive asset allocators is one that is likely to continue in the current market environment. Amid the more recent back drop of low volatility capital appreciation in stocks and bonds, it seems...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), GAA: 25.12 (+0.08), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), VXUS: 50.47 (+0.33)
Re: Jobless Claims - Remember The Worst Blizzard In History?
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 9:07AM CST
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)
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)
Wall Street Breakfast: Greece Continues European Tour For Debt Deal
Wall Street Breakfast - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 5:30AM CST
F: 16.30 (-0.06), BCOM: 15.76 (unch), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), ARIS: 3.63 (-0.01), SNE: 27.30 (+0.19), DIS: 104.17 (+0.59), TM: 132.49 (+0.67), SJM: 113.89 (+1.50), YHOO: 44.42 (+0.50), PBR: 6.98 (+0.44), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), GILD: 101.90 (+1.10), CMG: 674.89 (+4.60), TSEM: 13.96 (-0.09), NWS: 16.41 (+0.05), BABA: 89.05 (+1.95)
More outflows for the Total Return Fund
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 1:02AM CST
BOND: 109.14 (-0.10)
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)
PIMCO Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund announces monthly distribution of $0.17
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 5:50AM CST
BOND: 109.14 (-0.10)
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)
New Ideas For Bond Investors
Jeffrey Rosenberg - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 1:54PM CST
As resolutions go, rethinking your fixed-income portfolio may not resonate in quite the same way as dropping 10 pounds or finally giving up that smoking habit. But if ever there was an opportunity to reassess how you approach bond investing, now is...
LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), TFI: 24.12 (-0.02), PVI: 24.94 (-0.01), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), RVNU: 26.11 (+0.06), PRB: 24.60 (+0.07), VRD: 29.81 (-0.02), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), MUB: 109.95 (-0.13), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), XMPT: 26.55 (-0.02), FMB: 51.97 (-0.03), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), PZA: 25.34 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21)
How Will ECB Action Affect Global Bond Markets?
Learn Bonds - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 5:59PM CST
Sovereign bonds rallied around the world on Friday as investors speculate that the European Central Bank's quantitative easing program will shrink the pool of high-quality government assets already limited by years of purchases from other central...
LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), PGHY: 23.27 (-0.13), ANGL: 27.22 (-0.13), HYLD: 41.96 (+0.12), UJB: 58.70 (+0.35), IHY: 24.47 (+0.11), YPRO: 23.93 (-0.03), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), JNK: 39.43 (+0.10), HYXU: 48.49 (+0.13), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), SJB: 27.31 (-0.03), XOVR: 26.52 (+0.06), BYLD: 25.36 (unch), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), QLTC: 49.15 (unch), HYLS: 50.48 (+0.38), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), IJNK: 22.75 (unch), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), BND: 82.80 (-0.19)
How Do Fidelity's New Bond Exchange-Traded Funds Stack Up?
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 9:17AM CST
By Samuel Lee A version of this article was published in the November 2014 issue of Morningstar ETFInvesto r. Download a complimentary copy of ETFInvestor here . On Oct. 9, Fidelity launched three active-bond exchange-traded funds: Fidelity...
FCOR: 50.60 (-0.38), LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), FLTB: 50.20 (-0.02), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), MINC: 49.24 (+0.02)
Oil, Copper, Bond Yields: It Ain't Looking Pretty Out There
Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 5:11PM CST
For the first time in months, crude oil is actually showing signs of life. The price of a barrel of crude oil closed Friday up about 10% from its lows earlier in the week. Of course, we have to keep a little perspective here - it's still trading at...
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45)
Why Friday Will Be Tough Trading
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 8:28AM CST
CPI: 26.65 (unch), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GS: 189.00 (-0.78), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VXX: 30.97 (-0.38), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), BAC: 16.61 (-0.06), INTC: 34.36 (+0.23), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)
Forward 1 Month T-Bill Rates Drop Up To 0.43% While U.S. Treasury Term Premium Stay Steady At 0.69% At 30 Years
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 1:20AM CST
NUV: 9.86 (-0.02), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), 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)
Is 2015 The Year For Rising Interest Rates?
Matt Tucker, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 9:50AM CST
As I discussed in a previous Blog post, interest rates defied expectations by continuing to decline in 2014. As we enter 2015, many investors are asking the same question: Will 2015 finally be the year for rising rates? At the beginning of each new...
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)
The Yellen Bond Bubble
Christopher Mahoney - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 12:22PM CST
Bond prices have soared and bond yields have declined by one-third since Janet Yellen became Fed chairman. Over the past six months, five-year expected inflation has declined from 2% (the Fed's target) to 1.2%, a decline of 40%, and far below...
SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), SINF: 47.80 (unch), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), RINF: 30.25 (+0.05), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), INFL: 39.28 (+0.47), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), DEFL: 58.00 (unch)
Pimco Total Return Fund returns to 5-star rating
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 9:47AM CST
BOND: 109.14 (-0.10)
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)
4 ETFs You Can Hold Forever
David Fabian - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 3:42PM CST
The trend of money flowing towards robo-advisers and passive asset allocators is one that is likely to continue in the current market environment. Amid the more recent back drop of low volatility capital appreciation in stocks and bonds, it seems...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), GAA: 25.12 (+0.08), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), VXUS: 50.47 (+0.33)
Re: Jobless Claims - Remember The Worst Blizzard In History?
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 9:07AM CST
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)
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)
Wall Street Breakfast: Greece Continues European Tour For Debt Deal
Wall Street Breakfast - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 5:30AM CST
F: 16.30 (-0.06), BCOM: 15.76 (unch), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), ARIS: 3.63 (-0.01), SNE: 27.30 (+0.19), DIS: 104.17 (+0.59), TM: 132.49 (+0.67), SJM: 113.89 (+1.50), YHOO: 44.42 (+0.50), PBR: 6.98 (+0.44), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), GILD: 101.90 (+1.10), CMG: 674.89 (+4.60), TSEM: 13.96 (-0.09), NWS: 16.41 (+0.05), BABA: 89.05 (+1.95)
More outflows for the Total Return Fund
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 1:02AM CST
BOND: 109.14 (-0.10)
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)
PIMCO Total Return Exchange-Traded Fund announces monthly distribution of $0.17
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 5:50AM CST
BOND: 109.14 (-0.10)
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)
New Ideas For Bond Investors
Jeffrey Rosenberg - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 1:54PM CST
As resolutions go, rethinking your fixed-income portfolio may not resonate in quite the same way as dropping 10 pounds or finally giving up that smoking habit. But if ever there was an opportunity to reassess how you approach bond investing, now is...
LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), TFI: 24.12 (-0.02), PVI: 24.94 (-0.01), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), RVNU: 26.11 (+0.06), PRB: 24.60 (+0.07), VRD: 29.81 (-0.02), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), MUB: 109.95 (-0.13), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), XMPT: 26.55 (-0.02), FMB: 51.97 (-0.03), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), PZA: 25.34 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21)
How Will ECB Action Affect Global Bond Markets?
Learn Bonds - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 5:59PM CST
Sovereign bonds rallied around the world on Friday as investors speculate that the European Central Bank's quantitative easing program will shrink the pool of high-quality government assets already limited by years of purchases from other central...
LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), PGHY: 23.27 (-0.13), ANGL: 27.22 (-0.13), HYLD: 41.96 (+0.12), UJB: 58.70 (+0.35), IHY: 24.47 (+0.11), YPRO: 23.93 (-0.03), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), JNK: 39.43 (+0.10), HYXU: 48.49 (+0.13), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), SJB: 27.31 (-0.03), XOVR: 26.52 (+0.06), BYLD: 25.36 (unch), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), QLTC: 49.15 (unch), HYLS: 50.48 (+0.38), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), IJNK: 22.75 (unch), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), BND: 82.80 (-0.19)
How Do Fidelity's New Bond Exchange-Traded Funds Stack Up?
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 9:17AM CST
By Samuel Lee A version of this article was published in the November 2014 issue of Morningstar ETFInvesto r. Download a complimentary copy of ETFInvestor here . On Oct. 9, Fidelity launched three active-bond exchange-traded funds: Fidelity...
FCOR: 50.60 (-0.38), LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), FLTB: 50.20 (-0.02), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), MINC: 49.24 (+0.02)
Oil, Copper, Bond Yields: It Ain't Looking Pretty Out There
Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 5:11PM CST
For the first time in months, crude oil is actually showing signs of life. The price of a barrel of crude oil closed Friday up about 10% from its lows earlier in the week. Of course, we have to keep a little perspective here - it's still trading at...
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45)
Why Friday Will Be Tough Trading
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 8:28AM CST
CPI: 26.65 (unch), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GS: 189.00 (-0.78), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VXX: 30.97 (-0.38), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), BAC: 16.61 (-0.06), INTC: 34.36 (+0.23), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)
Forward 1 Month T-Bill Rates Drop Up To 0.43% While U.S. Treasury Term Premium Stay Steady At 0.69% At 30 Years
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 16, 1:20AM CST
NUV: 9.86 (-0.02), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), 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)
Is 2015 The Year For Rising Interest Rates?
Matt Tucker, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 9:50AM CST
As I discussed in a previous Blog post, interest rates defied expectations by continuing to decline in 2014. As we enter 2015, many investors are asking the same question: Will 2015 finally be the year for rising rates? At the beginning of each new...
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)
The Yellen Bond Bubble
Christopher Mahoney - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 12:22PM CST
Bond prices have soared and bond yields have declined by one-third since Janet Yellen became Fed chairman. Over the past six months, five-year expected inflation has declined from 2% (the Fed's target) to 1.2%, a decline of 40%, and far below...
SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), SINF: 47.80 (unch), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), RINF: 30.25 (+0.05), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), INFL: 39.28 (+0.47), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), DEFL: 58.00 (unch)
