Ultrashort 7-10 Year Treasury Proshares (PST) 24.08 $PST
16.7% Return Seen to Date on SmarTrend ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Call (PST)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 12, 11:12AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE
ST) on January 29th, 2014 at $28.72. In approximately 13 months, ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury has returned 16.68% as of today's recent price of $23.93.
PST: 24.08 (+0.14)
Why TBT Doesn't Have A Prayer
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 2:13PM CST
When Jack Nicholson won his third Best Actor award in 1997's "As Good As It Gets," he may have chuckled at the knowledge that he'd never have it so good again. Who wins four Academy Awards for Best Actor in a motion picture? Nobody. (Yes, I...
PST: 24.08 (+0.14), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88)
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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ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Shares Down 19.2% Since SmarTrend's Sell Call (PST)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 05, 9:50AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE ST) on January 29th, 2014 at $28.72. In approximately 12 months, ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury has returned 19.19% as of today's recent price of $23.21.
PST: 24.08 (+0.14)
Services PMI: Struggling companies still hiring
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 9:03AM CST
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
Bullard: Expectations for summer rate hike "reasonable"
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 8:32AM CST
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ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Has Returned 19.5% Since SmarTrend Recommendation (PST)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Jan 29, 9:21AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE ST) on January 29th, 2014 at $28.72. In approximately 12 months, ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury has returned 19.50% as of today's recent price of $23.12.
PST: 24.08 (+0.14)
Gundlach: 2015 could be repeat of 1937
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 11:45AM CST
DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
Shares of PST Down 18.1% Since Downtrend Call on Shares
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jan 21, 5:04PM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE ST) on January 29th, 2014 at $28.72. In approximately 12 months, ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury has returned 18.11% as of today's recent price of $23.52.
PST: 24.08 (+0.14)
Treasury yields continue steep decline
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 2:55PM CST
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), 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), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), TTT: 38.96 (+1.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88)
U.S. 10-year note yield lowest in 20 months
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 3:17AM CST
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Fed To Treasury Market: You're Wrong (And Vice-Versa)
Brian Romanchuk - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 7:24AM CST
Last week ushered in a bit of excitement into Fed watching, with cross currents from the Fed minutes and the employment situation report. Unless the swoon in Average Hourly Earnings - pictured above - causes a re-think at the Fed, we have bond market...
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
There's No Bubble In Bonds, But They Look Frothy
Cullen Roche - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 3:23AM CST
I've been a bond bull for as long as I've written this blog. Over the course of the last 6 years I've repeatedly defended bonds in a portfolio, explained why US government bonds were not at risk of default or high inflation and I've spilled a huge...
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
Why Gold May Finally Be Turning Higher
Market Anthropology - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 7:43AM CST
We came into last year with the idea that despite a historically low disposition at 3 percent, the 10-year yield had become stretched at a relative performance extreme . In less than two years, yields had run up over 100% above the July 2012 cycle...
DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), OUNZ: 12.26 (+0.06), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), SGOL: 120.32 (+0.59), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), IAU: 11.89 (+0.06), AGOL: 121.01 (-0.19), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
Yield Curve Bleg
Scott Sumner - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 4:51AM CST
I notice that 5-year Treasuries are currently yielding 1.56% and 10-year yields are 2.04%. I was taught two theories of the yield curve: Expectations hypothesis-> Long term yields are an average of expected future short term yields. Term...
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S&P 500 Ends 2014 In Fair Value Range With Growth Likely In 2015
Steve Hassett - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 4:56PM CST
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88)
10-year yield eyes sub-2% handle
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 9:13AM CST
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), 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), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), TTT: 38.96 (+1.14), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88)
The Hated. The Feared. The Amazing. The U.S. Treasury Bond.
Alpha Architect - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 11:43PM CST
By Wesley R. Gray, Ph.D. As "everyone" seems to know , the US 10-year Treasury bond has a low relative yield and is "inevitably going to rise at some point in the future." We have no strong feelings one way or the other on the...
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
16.7% Return Seen to Date on SmarTrend ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Call (PST)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 12, 11:12AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE
ST) on January 29th, 2014 at $28.72. In approximately 13 months, ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury has returned 16.68% as of today's recent price of $23.93. PST: 24.08 (+0.14)
Why TBT Doesn't Have A Prayer
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 2:13PM CST
When Jack Nicholson won his third Best Actor award in 1997's "As Good As It Gets," he may have chuckled at the knowledge that he'd never have it so good again. Who wins four Academy Awards for Best Actor in a motion picture? Nobody. (Yes, I...
PST: 24.08 (+0.14), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88)
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...
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), DLBL: 78.14 (+0.78), SINF: 47.80 (unch), MBG: 27.29 (+0.01), TLO: 73.76 (-0.77), UBT: 83.49 (-1.42), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), STIP: 99.28 (-0.02), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88), RINF: 30.25 (+0.05), DLBS: 20.57 (+0.51), ZROZ: 123.35 (-1.57), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), HOLD: 99.38 (+0.07), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), TTT: 38.96 (+1.14), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), SCHP: 54.49 (-0.11), MBB: 109.88 (+0.03), GMTB: 52.35 (-0.02), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), TPS: 26.90 (-0.02), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), GNMA: 50.34 (-0.26), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), TFLO: 50.07 (-0.06), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), LTPZ: 66.86 (-0.42), VTIP: 48.41 (-0.03), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), RAVI: 75.36 (+0.03), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01), ULST: 40.01 (unch), NEAR: 50.09 (-0.01), SIPE: 19.42 (unch), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), FTSM: 60.00 (unch), USFR: 24.89 (unch), TIPX: 19.30 (unch), AGZ: 114.28 (+0.08), ICSH: 50.02 (+0.09), TDTF: 24.73 (-0.03), TIPZ: 57.25 (-0.09), INFL: 39.28 (+0.47), TDTT: 24.39 (unch), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), IPE: 56.23 (-0.11), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), VMBS: 53.15 (-0.09), STPZ: 51.87 (-0.03), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), FTSD: 99.21 (unch), MINT: 101.06 (-0.01), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Shares Down 19.2% Since SmarTrend's Sell Call (PST)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 05, 9:50AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE
ST) on January 29th, 2014 at $28.72. In approximately 12 months, ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury has returned 19.19% as of today's recent price of $23.21. PST: 24.08 (+0.14)
Services PMI: Struggling companies still hiring
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 9:03AM CST
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
Bullard: Expectations for summer rate hike "reasonable"
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 8:32AM CST
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)
ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Has Returned 19.5% Since SmarTrend Recommendation (PST)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Jan 29, 9:21AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE
ST) on January 29th, 2014 at $28.72. In approximately 12 months, ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury has returned 19.50% as of today's recent price of $23.12. PST: 24.08 (+0.14)
Gundlach: 2015 could be repeat of 1937
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 11:45AM CST
DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
Shares of PST Down 18.1% Since Downtrend Call on Shares
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jan 21, 5:04PM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSE
ST) on January 29th, 2014 at $28.72. In approximately 12 months, ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury has returned 18.11% as of today's recent price of $23.52. PST: 24.08 (+0.14)
Treasury yields continue steep decline
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 15, 2:55PM CST
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), 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), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), TTT: 38.96 (+1.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88)
U.S. 10-year note yield lowest in 20 months
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 3:17AM CST
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), DLBL: 78.14 (+0.78), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), 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), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TTT: 38.96 (+1.14), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), TFLO: 50.07 (-0.06), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), USFR: 24.89 (unch), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
Fed To Treasury Market: You're Wrong (And Vice-Versa)
Brian Romanchuk - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 7:24AM CST
Last week ushered in a bit of excitement into Fed watching, with cross currents from the Fed minutes and the employment situation report. Unless the swoon in Average Hourly Earnings - pictured above - causes a re-think at the Fed, we have bond market...
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
There's No Bubble In Bonds, But They Look Frothy
Cullen Roche - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 3:23AM CST
I've been a bond bull for as long as I've written this blog. Over the course of the last 6 years I've repeatedly defended bonds in a portfolio, explained why US government bonds were not at risk of default or high inflation and I've spilled a huge...
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
Why Gold May Finally Be Turning Higher
Market Anthropology - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 7:43AM CST
We came into last year with the idea that despite a historically low disposition at 3 percent, the 10-year yield had become stretched at a relative performance extreme . In less than two years, yields had run up over 100% above the July 2012 cycle...
DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), OUNZ: 12.26 (+0.06), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), SGOL: 120.32 (+0.59), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), IAU: 11.89 (+0.06), AGOL: 121.01 (-0.19), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
Yield Curve Bleg
Scott Sumner - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 4:51AM CST
I notice that 5-year Treasuries are currently yielding 1.56% and 10-year yields are 2.04%. I was taught two theories of the yield curve: Expectations hypothesis-> Long term yields are an average of expected future short term yields. Term...
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S&P 500 Ends 2014 In Fair Value Range With Growth Likely In 2015
Steve Hassett - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 4:56PM CST
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88)
10-year yield eyes sub-2% handle
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 9:13AM CST
EWI: 14.44 (+0.05), TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), 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), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), TTT: 38.96 (+1.14), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88)
The Hated. The Feared. The Amazing. The U.S. Treasury Bond.
Alpha Architect - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 11:43PM CST
By Wesley R. Gray, Ph.D. As "everyone" seems to know , the US 10-year Treasury bond has a low relative yield and is "inevitably going to rise at some point in the future." We have no strong feelings one way or the other on the...
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12)
