Ipath US Treasury 2 Yr Bull ETN (DTUL) 62.62 $DTUL
FOMC voters getting itchy trigger fingers
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DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), USFR: 24.89 (unch), TFLO: 50.07 (-0.06), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
A Very Pernicious Partnership: Keynesian Money Printers And Wall Street Gamblers
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 1:53PM CST
No sooner was the January jobs report released than the Wall Street Journal posted a succinct headline: "Hiring, Wages Pick Up as Job Market Nears Full Health". Whether the job market is actually as red hot as the BLS' headline numbers...
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Fed's Lockhart: Rate hike possible "from June on"
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DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
Will The Fed Start Raising Interest Rates Later This Year?
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 8:49AM CST
Warren Buffett has his doubts, and so do plenty of other analysts. Weak economic activity overseas is arguably a factor that could delay the onset of US tightening. Based on the domestic trend, however, the case for raising rates soon is...
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Kocherlakota and Bullard spar on policy
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DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
Bullard: Expectations for summer rate hike "reasonable"
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TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
CAT CEO urges Fed not to raise rates this year
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DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), CAT: 85.13 (+1.60), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
U.S. 10-year note yield lowest in 20 months
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Evans: Hold off on rate hikes until 2016
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DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
Markets hold their positions after FOMC minutes
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TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), DLBL: 78.14 (+0.78), TLO: 73.76 (-0.77), UBT: 83.49 (-1.42), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88), DLBS: 20.57 (+0.51), ZROZ: 123.35 (-1.57), TTT: 38.96 (+1.14), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
Fed's Williams: "Turbulence" likely
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DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
Investing In Short Term Bond Funds - What You Need To Know
Learn Bonds - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:12AM CST
At last, the Federal Reserve has ended the Quantitative Easing program. This may have serious implications for fixed income investments and interest rates. Many investors believe that the Fed will increase short term interest rates in 2015 and...
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Divergent: The Different Worlds Of The Fed And The ECB
MV Financial - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 6:07AM CST
Revelers around the world are still shaking out the post-New Year's Eve cobwebs, but ECB Chairman Mario Draghi rang in the year with words of sober clarity. Deflationary risk in the Eurozone is significantly higher than it was six months ago, Draghi...
EU: 20.54 (-0.08), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), BUNL: 27.48 (+0.05)
Fundamental And Technical Factors Point To Further Dollar Gains
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 1:41PM CST
The US dollar is poised to extend last year's rally. The US economy is at least several quarters ahead of most of the other major economies. Barring a major surprise, the Federal Reserve will likely hike rates around the middle of the year, while...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), DIG: 57.30 (+2.23), DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), FXA: 77.69 (+0.23), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), FXC: 79.78 (+0.19), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15)
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...
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Fed's Williams: June a good time for "lift-off"
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STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
Goldman: FOMC statement leans dovish
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STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
Yellen: There's been no policy change
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STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
Treasury yields plumb new lows
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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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FOMC voters getting itchy trigger fingers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 10, 12:26PM CST
DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), USFR: 24.89 (unch), TFLO: 50.07 (-0.06), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
A Very Pernicious Partnership: Keynesian Money Printers And Wall Street Gamblers
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 1:53PM CST
No sooner was the January jobs report released than the Wall Street Journal posted a succinct headline: "Hiring, Wages Pick Up as Job Market Nears Full Health". Whether the job market is actually as red hot as the BLS' headline numbers...
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Fed's Lockhart: Rate hike possible "from June on"
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Will The Fed Start Raising Interest Rates Later This Year?
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 8:49AM CST
Warren Buffett has his doubts, and so do plenty of other analysts. Weak economic activity overseas is arguably a factor that could delay the onset of US tightening. Based on the domestic trend, however, the case for raising rates soon is...
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Kocherlakota and Bullard spar on policy
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Bullard: Expectations for summer rate hike "reasonable"
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CAT CEO urges Fed not to raise rates this year
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U.S. 10-year note yield lowest in 20 months
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Evans: Hold off on rate hikes until 2016
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Markets hold their positions after FOMC minutes
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 1:26PM CST
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Fed's Williams: "Turbulence" likely
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Investing In Short Term Bond Funds - What You Need To Know
Learn Bonds - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:12AM CST
At last, the Federal Reserve has ended the Quantitative Easing program. This may have serious implications for fixed income investments and interest rates. Many investors believe that the Fed will increase short term interest rates in 2015 and...
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Divergent: The Different Worlds Of The Fed And The ECB
MV Financial - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 6:07AM CST
Revelers around the world are still shaking out the post-New Year's Eve cobwebs, but ECB Chairman Mario Draghi rang in the year with words of sober clarity. Deflationary risk in the Eurozone is significantly higher than it was six months ago, Draghi...
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Fundamental And Technical Factors Point To Further Dollar Gains
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 1:41PM CST
The US dollar is poised to extend last year's rally. The US economy is at least several quarters ahead of most of the other major economies. Barring a major surprise, the Federal Reserve will likely hike rates around the middle of the year, while...
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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...
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Fed's Williams: June a good time for "lift-off"
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Goldman: FOMC statement leans dovish
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Yellen: There's been no policy change
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Treasury yields plumb new lows
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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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