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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Funds Experience $2.8 Billion In Aggregate Net Outflows
Lipper Insight at Thomson Reuters - Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 07, 10:38AM CST
By Patrick Keon For the fund-flows week ended Wednesday, February 4, the U.S. broad market equity indices experienced positive returns; the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index were up 2.8% (+481.65 points) and 2.0% (+39.35...
IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), IYW: 107.68 (+0.94), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01)
Watch for iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.12% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Feb 06, 4:28PM CST
iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX:IEF) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $107.85 to a high of $108.47. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.1%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $108.88 on volume of 2.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
IEF: 107.18 (-0.36)
After Yesterday's Decline of 1.12%, iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund Offers Investors Better Value
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Feb 06, 4:27PM CST
iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX:IEF) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $107.85 to a high of $108.47. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.1%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $108.88 on volume of 2.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
IEF: 107.18 (-0.36)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund After 1.12% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Feb 06, 4:27PM CST
iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX:IEF) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $107.85 to a high of $108.47. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.1%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $108.88 on volume of 2.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
IEF: 107.18 (-0.36)
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)
Services PMI: Struggling companies still hiring
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 9:03AM CST
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Risk Aversion Gains Momentum And Risk Taking Loses It
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 12:52PM CST
The case for investing in riskier assets has often been described as a sensible quest for yield and/or capital appreciation in a world with ultra-low interest rates. That helps to explain why the S&P 500 has defied the odds with respect to...
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Why U.S. Bond Yields Are Falling
Andrew Sachais - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 10:34PM CST
TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
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
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Bullard: Expectations for summer rate hike "reasonable"
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 8:32AM CST
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Revised 2015 Interest Rate Outlook: Is The Fear Rational?
Pat Stout - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 6:54AM CST
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How Federal Reserve Statements Are Affecting The U.S. Dollar: Part One
Andrew Sachais - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 4:13AM CST
TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)
The Black Cloud Still Looms Large
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 11:58AM CST
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Gundlach: 2015 could be repeat of 1937
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 11:45AM CST
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A Bull Market In Euro Denominated Gold
Cerebro1 - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 10:42AM CST
GEUR: 13.61 (+0.09), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), GDX: 21.26 (+0.11), EUO: 24.16 (+0.03)
U.S. Equity Market Week In Review For The Week Of January 19-23: The Consolidation Continues
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 25, 8:33AM CST
One of my favorite themes in looking at charts - one that I return to fairly often - is perspective. While one time frame may offer little to no meaningful analysis, another has information that is clear as day. So it is with the current market;...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50)
What U.S. Investors Can Expect From ECB QE
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 25, 4:28AM CST
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U.S. Treasury Term Premium Unchanged But Higher Expected Rates Increase Forward T-Bill Rates By 0.27%
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 5:23PM 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)
Update On American Express And Investing Tips
Individual Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 23, 1:23PM CST
AXP: 78.08 (-2.40), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), MCD: 95.65 (+0.56), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)