Government/Credit Bond Ishares (GBF) 115.03 $GBF
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Carry On, Mister Trader
Douglas Tengdin - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 11:43AM CST
Why are bond yields so low? Source: Daily Telegraph One of the most surprising market moves of 2014 was the persistent rally in US Treasury Bonds. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Starting in April of 2013, rates were supposed to...
ULE: 17.62 (-0.02), LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), URR: 19.48 (+0.08), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03), USDU: 27.70 (unch), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), ERO: 43.16 (unch), UDNT: 10.42 (-0.02), DRR: 55.92 (-0.18), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), UUPT: 29.68 (-0.04), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), EUFX: 42.41 (+0.07), FORX: 44.02 (+0.09)
Understanding Bond Risk - Part 1
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 10, 1:29AM CST
By David Goldstein Many investors think of bonds as “safe.” That’s not really a good idea. Bonds are “safer” compared to some other investments, but not as safe as others. In a period of unprecedented market...
SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), ISTB: 100.30 (-0.16), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), BLV: 95.24 (-0.66), AGND: 44.80 (-0.27), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), MINC: 49.24 (+0.02), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), ILTB: 64.37 (-0.19), BSV: 80.11 (-0.03), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), FLTB: 50.20 (-0.02), AGZD: 49.11 (unch), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10)
Deutsche AWM Provides Analysis Of Unconstrained Fixed Income
Brian Haskin - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 4:08PM CST
The idea that "stocks are risky, bonds are safe" is the basis of the traditional "60/40" (60% stocks, 40% bonds) portfolio. Stock markets go up and down, but bonds provide fixed income - bond gains are lower but surer, at least...
SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), DI: 49.57 (+0.02)
What Does 'Fair Value' For Bond Yields Mean?
Brian Romanchuk - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 9:41PM CST
The term "fair value" for bond yields often comes up in market analysis. The term typically refers to where a model predicts yields will be. Since there are a variety of model types, the exact meaning depends upon context. And since not...
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)
Bond Market Warns Of Recession
Learn Bonds - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 8:38PM CST
With the U.S. economy accelerating and unemployment falling, you’d think a recession was the last thing on anybody’s mind. And yet the bond market, which has a strong track record for predicting economic problems is flashing...
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)
Gross: The good times are over
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:30AM CST
SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), DI: 49.57 (+0.02)
Pimco 2015 outlook: Drop in oil most important new development
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 11:11AM CST
LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), SIPE: 19.42 (unch), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), TIPX: 19.30 (unch), STIP: 99.28 (-0.02), TDTF: 24.73 (-0.03), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), TIPZ: 57.25 (-0.09), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), SCHP: 54.49 (-0.11), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), TDTT: 24.39 (unch), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), TPS: 26.90 (-0.02), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), PDI: 29.51 (unch), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), IPE: 56.23 (-0.11), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), LTPZ: 66.86 (-0.42), VTIP: 48.41 (-0.03), STPZ: 51.87 (-0.03), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), BND: 82.80 (-0.19)
Implications Of The Flattening Yield Curve
Clark Capital Management Group - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 16, 4:40PM CST
K. Sean Clark, CFA, Chief Investment Officer (click to enlarge) Over the last three months, we have seen a flattening of the Treasury yield curve as short-term rates have risen and the yield on the 10‐year Treasury has declined....
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)
Gross: Fed needs to tread carefully
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 12:04PM CST
SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), YPRO: 23.93 (-0.03), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), BYLD: 25.36 (unch), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), DI: 49.57 (+0.02)
Fixed Income 2015: Handle With Care
ValueWalk - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 12:24PM CST
By LPL Financial Bond markets are likely to transition to a flat-return environment in 2015 after a volatile, but surprisingly positive return environment in 2014. We expect returns to be roughly flat or in the low-single digits for 2015. The...
FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), BLV: 95.24 (-0.66), YPRO: 23.93 (-0.03), MINC: 49.24 (+0.02), IUSB: 101.13 (-0.22), ILTB: 64.37 (-0.19), BSV: 80.11 (-0.03), GBF: 115.03 (-0.39), GVI: 111.22 (-0.18), BYLD: 25.36 (unch), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), SCHZ: 52.63 (-0.01), BOND: 109.14 (-0.10), VBND: 50.07 (-0.09), ISTB: 100.30 (-0.16), AGND: 44.80 (-0.27), SAGG: 32.96 (unch), BIV: 85.53 (-0.14), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), FLTB: 50.20 (-0.02), AGZD: 49.11 (unch), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Carry On, Mister Trader
Douglas Tengdin - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 11:43AM CST
Why are bond yields so low? Source: Daily Telegraph One of the most surprising market moves of 2014 was the persistent rally in US Treasury Bonds. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Starting in April of 2013, rates were supposed to...
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Understanding Bond Risk - Part 1
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 10, 1:29AM CST
By David Goldstein Many investors think of bonds as “safe.” That’s not really a good idea. Bonds are “safer” compared to some other investments, but not as safe as others. In a period of unprecedented market...
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Deutsche AWM Provides Analysis Of Unconstrained Fixed Income
Brian Haskin - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 4:08PM CST
The idea that "stocks are risky, bonds are safe" is the basis of the traditional "60/40" (60% stocks, 40% bonds) portfolio. Stock markets go up and down, but bonds provide fixed income - bond gains are lower but surer, at least...
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What Does 'Fair Value' For Bond Yields Mean?
Brian Romanchuk - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 9:41PM CST
The term "fair value" for bond yields often comes up in market analysis. The term typically refers to where a model predicts yields will be. Since there are a variety of model types, the exact meaning depends upon context. And since not...
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Bond Market Warns Of Recession
Learn Bonds - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 8:38PM CST
With the U.S. economy accelerating and unemployment falling, you’d think a recession was the last thing on anybody’s mind. And yet the bond market, which has a strong track record for predicting economic problems is flashing...
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Gross: The good times are over
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:30AM CST
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Pimco 2015 outlook: Drop in oil most important new development
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 11:11AM CST
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Implications Of The Flattening Yield Curve
Clark Capital Management Group - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 16, 4:40PM CST
K. Sean Clark, CFA, Chief Investment Officer (click to enlarge) Over the last three months, we have seen a flattening of the Treasury yield curve as short-term rates have risen and the yield on the 10‐year Treasury has declined....
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Gross: Fed needs to tread carefully
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 12, 12:04PM CST
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Fixed Income 2015: Handle With Care
ValueWalk - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 09, 12:24PM CST
By LPL Financial Bond markets are likely to transition to a flat-return environment in 2015 after a volatile, but surprisingly positive return environment in 2014. We expect returns to be roughly flat or in the low-single digits for 2015. The...
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