Global Macro Performance
The Short Side Of Long - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 1:43PM CST
Chart 1: Global bonds have outperformed all other major asset classes (click to enlarge) Source: Short Side of Long Let us quickly look at the 12 month performance of all major asset classes. Chart 1 shows three major equity regions: US,...
OUNZ: 12.26 (+0.06), WREI: 47.61 (-0.42), CEMB: 48.68 (-0.12), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), IHY: 24.47 (+0.11), SCHH: 40.87 (-0.32), SGOL: 120.32 (+0.59), DRV: 22.00 (+0.46), FCOR: 50.60 (-0.38), DRW: 30.14 (+0.19), XOVR: 26.52 (+0.06), DNO: 54.24 (-1.32), DRN: 90.19 (-1.98), VNQI: 56.81 (+0.57), PICB: 27.60 (+0.01), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), DTO: 81.31 (-5.12), WPS: 38.57 (+0.32), RWR: 95.23 (-0.83), RWO: 50.49 (-0.05), CBND: 32.79 (-0.10), RWX: 44.34 (+0.30), PSR: 76.21 (-0.67), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), IAU: 11.89 (+0.06), AGOL: 121.01 (-0.19), DWTI: 95.90 (-7.40), FRI: 23.33 (-0.16), OLO: 7.58 (+0.02), HYEM: 23.12 (+0.13), PGHY: 23.27 (-0.13), ANGL: 27.22 (-0.13), UJB: 58.70 (+0.35), GRI: 46.25 (+0.03), HYLD: 41.96 (+0.12), COBO: 100.50 (unch), HYXU: 48.49 (+0.13), JNK: 39.43 (+0.10), SUBD: 25.95 (-0.10), SJB: 27.31 (-0.03), IFGL: 32.06 (+0.34), REK: 19.56 (+0.19), EMCB: 71.33 (+0.16), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), QLTC: 49.15 (unch), EMCD: 28.11 (-0.84), QLTB: 53.09 (-0.01), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44), QLTA: 52.21 (-0.10), URE: 115.05 (-1.18), OLEM: 25.07 (+0.30), HYLS: 50.48 (+0.38), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), CRED: 112.31 (-0.29), SRS: 11.55 (+0.12), RWXL: 37.70 (+0.59), REET: 27.26 (-0.11), IBND: 32.80 (-0.01), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), EMHY: 47.82 (+0.48), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), FFR: 46.14 (+0.10), EMRE: 24.61 (unch), UWTI: 3.71 (+0.23), IJNK: 22.75 (unch), FTY: 49.14 (-0.35), SCO: 70.05 (-3.45), ICF: 102.12 (-0.98), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), SZO: 60.00 (-4.31), DBO: 14.88 (+0.08), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), CORP: 103.79 (-0.25), IGU: 62.29 (+0.17), KBWY: 36.19 (-0.18), IGS: 28.64 (+0.57), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06), USL: 26.81 (+0.40), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21)
European bond yields tumble on ECB QE
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 22, 8:38AM CST
ITLY: 31.58 (unch), BUNT: 50.82 (-0.29), ITLT: 65.95 (unch), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), GGOV: 36.80 (-0.99), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), BUNL: 27.48 (+0.05)
The Meaning Of Negative Bond Yields
Steven Saville - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 1:32PM CST
Editor's note: Originally published at tsi-blog.com on January 19, 2015. Some government bonds are now being quoted with negative yields. Taking an extreme example, Swiss government bonds are now being quoted with negative yields for all...
IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08)
WisdomTree Closing EU
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 4:20PM CST
IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08)
WisdomTree Files for an Unconstrained Bond ETF - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Jan 08, 7:00AM CST
WisdomTree is looking to expand its bond ETF lineup in 2015.
FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08)
10-year Treasury yield dips below 2%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:16AM CST
JGBL: 21.50 (unch), TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), DLBL: 78.14 (+0.78), TLO: 73.76 (-0.77), JGBT: 25.51 (-0.04), JGBS: 18.30 (unch), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), 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), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), ITLY: 31.58 (unch), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), ITLT: 65.95 (unch), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), GGOV: 36.80 (-0.99), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), BUNT: 50.82 (-0.29), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), JGBB: 49.57 (+0.11), JGBD: 15.54 (+0.04), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88), BUNL: 27.48 (+0.05)
Are Foreign Bonds Worth The Risk?
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 11:14PM CST
Excellent piece here by Michael Batnick on foreign bonds. Michael and I both agreed that John Bogle was wrong to say that an investor should shun foreign stocks, but what about foreign bonds? There's a lot to like about foreign bonds. Russell...
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
Divergent Interest Rates: A Golden Opportunity
AllianceBernstein - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 15, 8:57PM CST
By Alison Martier US interest rates look set to rise in 2015, and that’s unsettling for some fixed-income investors. But here’s the good news: US bonds aren’t the only game in town. Different growth rates, interest-rate cycles...
IBND: 32.80 (-0.01), LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), CRDT: 75.26 (-0.71), IJNK: 22.75 (unch), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), PGHY: 23.27 (-0.13), IHY: 24.47 (+0.11), HYXU: 48.49 (+0.13), RIGS: 25.22 (-0.01), SUBD: 25.95 (-0.10), GHYG: 50.69 (-0.24), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), PICB: 27.60 (+0.01)
Global Credit Markets Have Proclaimed An End To The Recovery
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 14, 6:08AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider The amount of credit market fireworks this week is only surpassed by those of October 15. Everywhere you look, credit markets are not just growing bearish, but, as I said earlier in the week, bearish in comparison with past...
BUNT: 50.82 (-0.29), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), GGOV: 36.80 (-0.99), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), BUNL: 27.48 (+0.05)
A Trend Following Bond Portfolio For Any Environment
Paul Novell - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 07, 12:52PM CST
Interest rates are going up. Interest rates are going down. The 30-year bull market in bonds is coming to an end. The Fed cannot afford to raise rates significantly without killing the economy. Bonds will have negative real returns going forward....
JNK: 39.43 (+0.10), SHY: 84.64 (unch), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Pick And Mix: Fresh Ideas For Diversifying Bond Exposure
AllianceBernstein - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 27, 4:05AM CST
By John Taylor Policy backdrops and growth trajectories around the world are showing increasing signs of divergence. Yet many bond investors continue to congregate in a few selected pockets of the fixed income universe. In our view, it's a perfect...
CMBS: 51.90 (+0.12), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), FPE: 19.17 (+0.04), LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), CEMB: 48.68 (-0.12), HYEM: 23.12 (+0.13), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), PGHY: 23.27 (-0.13), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), IHY: 24.47 (+0.11), HYXU: 48.49 (+0.13), SUBD: 25.95 (-0.10), EMCB: 71.33 (+0.16), GHYG: 50.69 (-0.24), EMCD: 28.11 (-0.84), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), PICB: 27.60 (+0.01), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), IBND: 32.80 (-0.01), EMHY: 47.82 (+0.48), FWDB: 25.72 (+0.01), CRDT: 75.26 (-0.71), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), IJNK: 22.75 (unch), FEMB: 47.50 (-1.06), MBSD: 25.19 (-0.01), PGX: 14.84 (-0.04), IPFF: 20.94 (+0.28), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10), SPFF: 14.71 (+0.07), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), PFXF: 21.00 (+0.06), PFF: 40.00 (+0.07), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), PSK: 44.77 (unch), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05)
Tinkering With The Core Bond Recipe
AllianceBernstein - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 2:46PM CST
By Alison Martier This is the time of year when, in almost every American household, the tinkerer in the family eyes the recipe box. Certain venerable traditions will make it to the Thanksgiving table intact. A cousin or an in-law is sure to bring...
LDUR: 100.51 (-0.11), FBND: 50.52 (-0.06), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), 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), 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), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), QLTC: 49.15 (unch), HYLS: 50.48 (+0.38), DI: 49.57 (+0.02), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), 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), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10)
More Emerging Economies Enter Bond Markets
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 10, 5:35PM CST
By Brian Daigle Countries across Africa and Latin America have expressed a desire to begin or expand the sale of government bonds. Markets seem willing to take them up on their offer. Interest in the sale of international government bonds has...
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), EMAG: 22.20 (+0.04), PCY: 28.51 (-0.04), ELD: 41.21 (+0.15), VWOB: 77.15 (+0.29), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), EMB: 111.75 (+0.27), EMSH: 74.65 (unch), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), EBND: 27.91 (+0.05), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10)
IMF Clarifies Rules In Rounding Error Competition
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Wed Oct 29, 11:55AM CDT
Stingy Usurers at IMF Won't Lend SDRs at Negative Rates No negative rates for the putative Bancor… Keynes must surely be rotating in his grave. It turns out the IMF is not going to lend SDRs for less than nothing, thus breaking ranks with...
IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08)
Global Bonds Beg The Currency Question
AllianceBernstein - Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 28, 1:11PM CDT
By Alison Martier With the U.S. dollar poised to rise, there's never been a better time to reposition into global bonds as your core mandate . But when you do, it's critical to fully hedge that global portfolio against currency risk. Here's why....
EMLC: 20.76 (+0.10), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), BNDX: 53.60 (-0.11), BWX: 54.15 (-0.08), LEMB: 45.53 (-0.10)
IGOV, ISHG, NEPT, HCCI, COW, DDG Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Wed Oct 08, 3:35AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of Ishares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Fund (NASDAQ:IGOV), iShares S&P Citigroup 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond F (NASDAQ:ISHG), Neptun SA (NASDAQ:NEPT), Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc (NASDAQ:HCCI), iShares Global Agriculture Index (NYSE:COW), ProShares Short Oil & Gas (NYSE
DDG: 24.88 (-0.47), COW: 26.72 (+0.48), HCCI: 12.05 (-0.14), IGOV: 94.02 (-0.09), NEPT: 1.83 (+0.06), ISHG: 81.60 (+0.22)