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)
Constructing A Globally Diversified Low Volatility Portfolio
Brad Kenagy - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 8:01AM CST
FLOT: 50.57 (+0.01), PFF: 40.00 (+0.07), ACWV: 71.30 (+0.13), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), 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)
A Stock Picker Establishing An ETF Portfolio: My Plans For A Roth IRA
Joseph Harry - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 4:03PM CST
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), VEA: 39.68 (+0.28), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), BND: 82.80 (-0.19)
3 Low Beta ETFs for a Choppy Market - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Feb 10, 8:30AM CST
Given the huge levels of market volatility, low beta ETFs could be intriguing options for investors seeking exposure to alternative sources of income.
BSV: 80.11 (-0.03), QMN: 25.49 (unch), WDTI: 43.31 (-0.12), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), SIZ: 24.55 (-0.08), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
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)
Vanguard Diversified Portfolios: How To Use Vanguard's Best Diversified ETFs
Tom Vaughan - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 4:49AM CST
Originally published on Jan. 26, 2015 Vanguard Diversification With 4 Easy-to-Copy Portfolios Vanguard ETFs and Index Funds are the optimum vehicles for creating a globally balanced portfolio. With just a few holdings, you can have exposure to...
VT: 62.05 (+0.39), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), VXF: 90.63 (+0.60), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), VXUS: 50.47 (+0.33)
Jeffrey Gundlach: The Secret To Beating Low Yields
Learn Bonds - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 7:08PM CST
Jeffrey Gundlach’s contrarian view that bond yields will continue to fall in 2015 has so far proved the right one. Gundlach, the founder and chief investment officer of DoubleLine Capital, made his name in 2011 when he famously bet on...
ILTB: 64.37 (-0.19), JNK: 39.43 (+0.10), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), DVY: 79.57 (-0.29), SJB: 27.31 (-0.03), XOVR: 26.52 (+0.06), BYLD: 25.36 (unch), QLTC: 49.15 (unch), ANGL: 27.22 (-0.13), BLV: 95.24 (-0.66), UJB: 58.70 (+0.35), HYLS: 50.48 (+0.38), HYLD: 41.96 (+0.12), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), YPRO: 23.93 (-0.03)
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)
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)
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)
Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF announces monthly distribution of $0.17
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 1:54PM CST
BND: 82.80 (-0.19)
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)
Adding The Agriculture ETF And A Portfolio Update
Individual Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 3:49PM CST
AXP: 78.08 (-2.40), MOO: 55.44 (+0.51), DBA: 23.57 (+0.21), BND: 82.80 (-0.19)
Update On IBM And Our 1% Portfolio
Individual Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 11:19AM CST
IBM: 160.40 (+1.88), BND: 82.80 (-0.19)
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)