Total Bond Market ETF Vanguard (BND) 83.08 $BND
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Posted On: 02/28/2015 7:32:40 PM
Total Bond Market ETF Vanguard (BND) 83.08 $BND
This Chart Is Worth 1,000 Words
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 10:37PM CST
SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), HYG: 91.87 (+0.02), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), TLO: 74.66 (+0.64), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), SAGG: 33.08 (unch), JNK: 39.78 (+0.05), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), LQD: 121.80 (+0.29), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11)
Market Valuations Based On CAPE - A Deeper Dive
Alpha Architect - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 4:18AM CST
By Jack Vogel We have discussed market valuations in the past , but the issue of market valuations was recently raised on CNBC , when Robert Shiller suggested he may shift out of the US and buy Europe. When Shiller speaks, we listen. In the...
SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), SAGG: 33.08 (unch), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11)
The Rise Of The Bond Market And Its Impact On Portfolio Allocations
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 3:24AM CST
Matthew Klein has a very good piece over at FT Alphaville (which, by the way, could be the single best overall financial blog on the internet, so if you don't read it then get your act together) discussing the rise of the bond market and the surge...
SAGG: 33.08 (unch), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20)
Time for Junk Bond ETFs? - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 25, 9:00AM CST
With a strengthening economy and interest rates hike on the cards, junk bond ETFs seem to be high quality picks.
JNK: 39.78 (+0.05), HYG: 91.87 (+0.02), HYZD: 24.19 (-0.04), LQD: 121.80 (+0.29), BSJM: 25.37 (+0.11), ANGL: 27.34 (+0.01), BND: 83.08 (+0.07)
KISS Retirement Portfolio: Smooth Out Your Returns With Rick Ferri's 3-Fund Portfolio
Robert Mattei - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 4:39PM CST
SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), IXUS: 56.10 (-0.10), SCHB: 51.21 (-0.20), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), VTI: 109.02 (-0.39), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), VEU: 49.59 (+0.02), VXUS: 51.27 (-0.01), ITOT: 96.37 (-0.28)
U.S. Assets Of All Kinds Are Dangerously Overvalued
Steven Jon Kaplan - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 1:45PM CST
From time to time, investors around the world become irrationally obsessed with certain assets, thereby causing them to become extremely far above or far below fair value. Such a situation exists today, as rising U.S. assets especially since November...
VTI: 109.02 (-0.39), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), DRN: 84.52 (+1.91), IYR: 79.12 (+0.56), SCHB: 51.21 (-0.20), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), VNQ: 83.37 (+0.65), ITOT: 96.37 (-0.28)
State Street and Jeff Gundlach team up to launch a new ETF
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 11:50AM CST
SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), TOTL: 49.94 (+0.07), STT: 74.45 (-0.36), LDUR: 101.16 (-0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FWDB: 25.74 (+0.04), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), SAGG: 33.08 (unch), RIGS: 25.36 (unch), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), DI: 50.14 (-0.23)
Box Score: S&P 500 Beats 10-Year Treasuries 743 To 173
Prasad Capital Management - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 6:25AM CST
VOO: 193.20 (-0.67), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), IVV: 212.21 (-0.70), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
BlackRock brings "smart beta" to fixed income
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 21, 7:54AM CST
SAGG: 33.08 (unch), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20)
Implied Forward T-Bill Rates Show A Rise To 2.86% In 2021, Up 0.14% From Last Week
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 6:34PM CST
NUV: 10.00 (+0.03), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), REM: 11.88 (+0.09), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), SHY: 84.70 (+0.03), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
Bond Fund Choices For Retiree Portfolios
Richard Shaw - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 6:14AM CST
HYG: 91.87 (+0.02), MLN: 19.96 (+0.10), ITM: 23.73 (+0.06), HYD: 31.29 (+0.24), SHM: 24.37 (-0.01), VCIT: 87.61 (+0.10), EDV: 128.69 (+1.11), VCSH: 80.09 (+0.06), VCLT: 94.24 (+0.42), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), VGLT: 79.70 (+0.61), VGSH: 61.01 (+0.02), VGIT: 65.00 (+0.10)
FOMC Worries About The End Instead Of The Beginning...
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 4:18AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider As usual, the latest FOMC statement conjured up a storm of befuddlement about any number of topics. Most of the concerns, should they even be categorized thusly, amount to debated levels of disingenuousness surrounding oil...
SAGG: 33.08 (unch), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20)
REITs Still In The Lead While Commodities Struggle
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 6:14PM CST
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) continue to hold the pole position among the major asset classes for the trailing one-year period, although the sizzling returns of late have cooled a bit in recent weeks. The Vanguard REIT Index ETF ...
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VTI: 109.02 (-0.39), DJP: 29.37 (+0.27), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), VNQ: 83.37 (+0.65)
Negative Volatility In Long Bonds Surges
Cullen Roche - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 4:24AM CST
Negative volatility in long bonds is spiking to unusual levels. As I noted last month and then again recently , this has become a real risk in diversified portfolios because bonds should provide you with protection against permanent loss risk....
SAGG: 33.08 (unch), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20)
Here Comes The Great Rotation...Finally?
Wade Slome, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 16, 1:23AM CST
For decades interest rates have continually gravitated to zero like flies attracted to stink. For a split second in 2013, as long-term U.S. Treasury rates about doubled from 1.5% to 3.0% before reversing, it appeared the declining rate cycle could...
SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), BND: 83.08 (+0.07)
Implied Forward T-Bill Rates Show A Rise To 2.72% In 2021, Up 0.13% From Last Week
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 14, 9:43AM CST
NUV: 10.00 (+0.03), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), REM: 11.88 (+0.09), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), SHY: 84.70 (+0.03), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
Treasury Sales Make Long-Term Bond Bulls Flinch
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:58PM CST
Those invested heavily in long-term US treasuries showed some nervousness on Tuesday, letting the yields slump under the weight of a fantastic unemployment report from the country's Department of Labor. The huge demand for safe securities appears...
DHY: 2.84 (+0.01), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), BND: 83.08 (+0.07)
Constructing A Globally Diversified Low Volatility Portfolio
Brad Kenagy - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 8:01AM CST
FLOT: 50.64 (+0.04), PFF: 40.16 (+0.08), ACWV: 71.84 (-0.06), BNDX: 53.89 (+0.03), BND: 83.08 (+0.07)
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: 22.88 (+0.20), WREI: 46.64 (+0.19), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), SCHH: 40.17 (+0.42), DRV: 23.12 (-0.57), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), REK: 19.76 (-0.13), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), DRN: 84.52 (+1.91), IYR: 79.12 (+0.56), URE: 111.40 (+1.54), VNQ: 83.37 (+0.65), SRS: 11.85 (-0.19), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), RWR: 93.31 (+0.64), FTY: 48.30 (+0.33), ICF: 99.79 (+0.86), SAGG: 33.08 (unch), PSR: 74.87 (+0.61), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), KBWY: 35.70 (+0.08)
This Chart Is Worth 1,000 Words
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 10:37PM CST
SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), HYG: 91.87 (+0.02), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), TLO: 74.66 (+0.64), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), SAGG: 33.08 (unch), JNK: 39.78 (+0.05), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), LQD: 121.80 (+0.29), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11)
Market Valuations Based On CAPE - A Deeper Dive
Alpha Architect - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 4:18AM CST
By Jack Vogel We have discussed market valuations in the past , but the issue of market valuations was recently raised on CNBC , when Robert Shiller suggested he may shift out of the US and buy Europe. When Shiller speaks, we listen. In the...
SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), SAGG: 33.08 (unch), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11)
The Rise Of The Bond Market And Its Impact On Portfolio Allocations
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 3:24AM CST
Matthew Klein has a very good piece over at FT Alphaville (which, by the way, could be the single best overall financial blog on the internet, so if you don't read it then get your act together) discussing the rise of the bond market and the surge...
SAGG: 33.08 (unch), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20)
Time for Junk Bond ETFs? - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 25, 9:00AM CST
With a strengthening economy and interest rates hike on the cards, junk bond ETFs seem to be high quality picks.
JNK: 39.78 (+0.05), HYG: 91.87 (+0.02), HYZD: 24.19 (-0.04), LQD: 121.80 (+0.29), BSJM: 25.37 (+0.11), ANGL: 27.34 (+0.01), BND: 83.08 (+0.07)
KISS Retirement Portfolio: Smooth Out Your Returns With Rick Ferri's 3-Fund Portfolio
Robert Mattei - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 4:39PM CST
SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), IXUS: 56.10 (-0.10), SCHB: 51.21 (-0.20), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), VTI: 109.02 (-0.39), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), VEU: 49.59 (+0.02), VXUS: 51.27 (-0.01), ITOT: 96.37 (-0.28)
U.S. Assets Of All Kinds Are Dangerously Overvalued
Steven Jon Kaplan - Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 1:45PM CST
From time to time, investors around the world become irrationally obsessed with certain assets, thereby causing them to become extremely far above or far below fair value. Such a situation exists today, as rising U.S. assets especially since November...
VTI: 109.02 (-0.39), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), DRN: 84.52 (+1.91), IYR: 79.12 (+0.56), SCHB: 51.21 (-0.20), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), VNQ: 83.37 (+0.65), ITOT: 96.37 (-0.28)
State Street and Jeff Gundlach team up to launch a new ETF
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 11:50AM CST
SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), TOTL: 49.94 (+0.07), STT: 74.45 (-0.36), LDUR: 101.16 (-0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FWDB: 25.74 (+0.04), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), SAGG: 33.08 (unch), RIGS: 25.36 (unch), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), DI: 50.14 (-0.23)
Box Score: S&P 500 Beats 10-Year Treasuries 743 To 173
Prasad Capital Management - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 23, 6:25AM CST
VOO: 193.20 (-0.67), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), IVV: 212.21 (-0.70), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
BlackRock brings "smart beta" to fixed income
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 21, 7:54AM CST
SAGG: 33.08 (unch), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20)
Implied Forward T-Bill Rates Show A Rise To 2.86% In 2021, Up 0.14% From Last Week
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 6:34PM CST
NUV: 10.00 (+0.03), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), REM: 11.88 (+0.09), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), SHY: 84.70 (+0.03), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
Bond Fund Choices For Retiree Portfolios
Richard Shaw - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 6:14AM CST
HYG: 91.87 (+0.02), MLN: 19.96 (+0.10), ITM: 23.73 (+0.06), HYD: 31.29 (+0.24), SHM: 24.37 (-0.01), VCIT: 87.61 (+0.10), EDV: 128.69 (+1.11), VCSH: 80.09 (+0.06), VCLT: 94.24 (+0.42), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), VGLT: 79.70 (+0.61), VGSH: 61.01 (+0.02), VGIT: 65.00 (+0.10)
FOMC Worries About The End Instead Of The Beginning...
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 19, 4:18AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider As usual, the latest FOMC statement conjured up a storm of befuddlement about any number of topics. Most of the concerns, should they even be categorized thusly, amount to debated levels of disingenuousness surrounding oil...
SAGG: 33.08 (unch), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20)
REITs Still In The Lead While Commodities Struggle
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 6:14PM CST
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) continue to hold the pole position among the major asset classes for the trailing one-year period, although the sizzling returns of late have cooled a bit in recent weeks. The Vanguard REIT Index ETF ...
1 Comment
VTI: 109.02 (-0.39), DJP: 29.37 (+0.27), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), VNQ: 83.37 (+0.65)
Negative Volatility In Long Bonds Surges
Cullen Roche - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 4:24AM CST
Negative volatility in long bonds is spiking to unusual levels. As I noted last month and then again recently , this has become a real risk in diversified portfolios because bonds should provide you with protection against permanent loss risk....
SAGG: 33.08 (unch), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20)
Here Comes The Great Rotation...Finally?
Wade Slome, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 16, 1:23AM CST
For decades interest rates have continually gravitated to zero like flies attracted to stink. For a split second in 2013, as long-term U.S. Treasury rates about doubled from 1.5% to 3.0% before reversing, it appeared the declining rate cycle could...
SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), BND: 83.08 (+0.07)
Implied Forward T-Bill Rates Show A Rise To 2.72% In 2021, Up 0.13% From Last Week
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 14, 9:43AM CST
NUV: 10.00 (+0.03), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), REM: 11.88 (+0.09), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), SHY: 84.70 (+0.03), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
Treasury Sales Make Long-Term Bond Bulls Flinch
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 12:58PM CST
Those invested heavily in long-term US treasuries showed some nervousness on Tuesday, letting the yields slump under the weight of a fantastic unemployment report from the country's Department of Labor. The huge demand for safe securities appears...
DHY: 2.84 (+0.01), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), BND: 83.08 (+0.07)
Constructing A Globally Diversified Low Volatility Portfolio
Brad Kenagy - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 8:01AM CST
FLOT: 50.64 (+0.04), PFF: 40.16 (+0.08), ACWV: 71.84 (-0.06), BNDX: 53.89 (+0.03), BND: 83.08 (+0.07)
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: 22.88 (+0.20), WREI: 46.64 (+0.19), FBND: 50.57 (-0.12), IUSB: 102.01 (+0.20), SCHH: 40.17 (+0.42), DRV: 23.12 (-0.57), GBF: 115.56 (+0.15), REK: 19.76 (-0.13), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), DRN: 84.52 (+1.91), IYR: 79.12 (+0.56), URE: 111.40 (+1.54), VNQ: 83.37 (+0.65), SRS: 11.85 (-0.19), SCHZ: 52.82 (+0.13), BOND: 109.53 (-0.04), VBND: 50.35 (+0.32), RWR: 93.31 (+0.64), FTY: 48.30 (+0.33), ICF: 99.79 (+0.86), SAGG: 33.08 (unch), PSR: 74.87 (+0.61), BND: 83.08 (+0.07), LAG: 58.81 (+0.11), KBWY: 35.70 (+0.08)
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