20+ Year Trsy Bond Ishares (TLT) 129.53 $TLT
Macro Outlook: U.S. Equities
Brian Sanders - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 28, 1:35PM CST
SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 3:23PM CST
GDXJ: 26.57 (+0.20), VXX: 27.62 (-0.16), UNG: 13.74 (+0.10), FCG: 11.22 (-0.13), OIL: 10.95 (+0.07), GAZ: 1.46 (+0.02), BNO: 23.34 (+0.54), TAN: 39.50 (+0.03), GDX: 21.28 (+0.32), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Housing Stocks Could Break Out as Volatility Remains Low
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 1:30PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' show look at homebuilders and interest rates.
NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), HD: 114.75 (-0.63), GE: 25.99 (+0.10), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), ITB: 27.64 (+0.03), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), LOW: 74.09 (-0.01), IWM: 122.58 (-0.67), SHW: 285.20 (-2.50), OA: 66.28 (-1.37), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Chicago PMI dives into contraction
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 9:09AM CST
TLH: 137.54 (+0.31), DLBL: 76.27 (+0.34), TLO: 74.66 (+0.64), TENZ: 86.72 (+0.14), EDV: 128.69 (+1.11), UBT: 84.90 (+1.30), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), DLBS: 20.10 (+0.05), LBND: 56.99 (+0.21), ZROZ: 125.00 (+1.47), SBND: 4.40 (-0.02), TBF: 24.34 (-0.19), TTT: 37.55 (-0.91), VGLT: 79.70 (+0.61), TYBS: 22.35 (+0.18), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
'Fast Money' Recap: Euro Down, Dollar Rising, What Should You Sell?
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed if the Fed will raise interest rates after all and which refinery stocks you should buy.
KO: 43.30 (+0.84), AMZN: 380.16 (-4.64), TSLA: 203.34 (-3.85), FB: 78.97 (-1.44), EUO: 25.06 (+0.05), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), VLO: 61.69 (-0.28), TSO: 91.84 (-1.68), TXI: 92.10 (-0.26), TGT: 76.83 (-0.07), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23)
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)
Scarcity And Stocks: How To Follow (Or Avoid) A Late '90s 'New Economy' Playbook
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 2:41PM CST
For the better part of 15 months, I have pounded the table for longer-term U.S. treasuries. Most financial pundits thought that I was nuts in December of 2013; they debated my scarcity premise throughout 2014 and they dismiss my relative value...
HACK: 29.13 (-0.08), OEF: 92.94 (-0.38), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), VIG: 82.80 (-0.08), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), MGK: 85.14 (-0.34), XLV: 72.24 (-0.35)
The Pathetic 'Talk Therapy' Of Janet Yellen
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 1:34PM CST
What in god’s name does Janet Yellen think she is doing? Just a few weeks ago she established the ridiculous Fedspeak convention that “patient” means money market rates will not rise from the zero bound for at least two meetings....
TLH: 137.54 (+0.31), TBX: 29.92 (-0.10), DFVS: 32.99 (-0.38), TBZ: 29.26 (-0.30), DFVL: 64.14 (+1.16), DLBL: 76.27 (+0.34), SINF: 47.80 (unch), MBG: 27.36 (+0.06), TLO: 74.66 (+0.64), UBT: 84.90 (+1.30), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), STIP: 99.66 (+0.23), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), RINF: 30.82 (+0.32), DLBS: 20.10 (+0.05), ZROZ: 125.00 (+1.47), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ITE: 60.25 (+0.07), TYO: 17.75 (-0.03), TTT: 37.55 (-0.91), SCHO: 50.66 (+0.02), SCHP: 55.18 (+0.33), MBB: 110.03 (+0.32), GSY: 50.03 (+0.04), SCHR: 54.09 (+0.08), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (unch), TPS: 26.73 (-0.47), TYBS: 22.35 (+0.18), TIP: 114.14 (+0.66), IEI: 123.33 (+0.22), DTYL: 76.29 (+1.57), TYD: 45.96 (-0.33), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), PST: 23.87 (-0.16), DTUS: 34.36 (-0.04), EDV: 128.69 (+1.11), GNMA: 50.33 (+0.01), DTYS: 20.41 (-0.56), TYNS: 30.40 (-0.10), TFLO: 50.07 (-0.06), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), DTUL: 61.40 (-1.22), LTPZ: 68.93 (+0.63), VTIP: 48.63 (+0.15), SBND: 4.40 (-0.02), TBF: 24.34 (-0.19), TUZ: 50.96 (+0.02), SHY: 84.70 (+0.03), VGLT: 79.70 (+0.61), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21), SHV: 110.28 (+0.01), SIPE: 19.46 (+0.05), FLAT: 61.31 (-0.40), USFR: 24.90 (+0.01), TIPX: 19.45 (+0.10), AGZ: 114.49 (+0.30), TDTF: 24.94 (+0.14), TIPZ: 58.01 (+0.38), INFL: 39.28 (unch), TDTT: 24.52 (+0.08), FIVZ: 80.18 (unch), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), VGIT: 65.00 (+0.10), IPE: 57.01 (+0.35), UST: 57.32 (+0.38), TENZ: 86.72 (+0.14), LBND: 56.99 (+0.21), STPP: 34.31 (+0.23), TAPR: 31.69 (-0.27), VMBS: 53.24 (+0.08), STPZ: 52.14 (+0.17), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.20 (+0.02), VGSH: 61.01 (+0.02), PLW: 33.32 (+0.08), GOVT: 25.41 (+0.06)
There'll Be No Federal Reserve Rate Hike in 'Foreseeable Future'
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 12:10PM CST
Global economies, especially the emerging markets, would not be able to withstand a U.S. rate hike, said Dr. Srinivas Thiruvadanthai, director of research for the Jerome Levy Forecasting Center.
EEM: 40.74 (-0.03), EWG: 29.70 (+0.12), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), EWU: 19.10 (-0.02), EWQ: 26.50 (+0.13), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), IWM: 122.58 (-0.67), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73)
Fed Plans Favor Bank Of America
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 11:53AM CST
BAC: 15.81 (-0.23), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) : Take profit @ $129.60
Trading Central - Thu Feb 26, 8:47AM CST
The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) has reached our target which was set at $130.55 during pre-market session. Performance: 1.73%.
TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Bullard: Ready to get started with rate hikes
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 6:22AM CST
TLH: 137.54 (+0.31), DLBL: 76.27 (+0.34), TLO: 74.66 (+0.64), TENZ: 86.72 (+0.14), EDV: 128.69 (+1.11), UBT: 84.90 (+1.30), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), DLBS: 20.10 (+0.05), LBND: 56.99 (+0.21), ZROZ: 125.00 (+1.47), SBND: 4.40 (-0.02), TBF: 24.34 (-0.19), TTT: 37.55 (-0.91), VGLT: 79.70 (+0.61), TYBS: 22.35 (+0.18), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
Complexity, Critical States And Tributaries Of Uncertainty
Franklin Templeton Investments - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 1:10AM CST
J. Brooks Ritchey Senior Managing Director at K2 Advisors, Franklin Templeton Solutions In the March 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs Journal, Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson published a terrific article (IMHO) outlining the complexity of...
SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Love Affair With High Risk Debt Overtakes Bond Market
ETFguide - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 3:31PM CST
By Ronald Delegge The most important single factor in shaping security markets is the public's psychology. That was Gerald Loeb's observation about how financial markets operate. And history has proven this assessment to be consistently true. What...
JNK: 39.78 (+0.05), HYB: 9.22 (-0.03), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), UJB: 59.97 (unch), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Pre-Election Year Best in President Cycle, Stocks Typically Soar
at The Street - Wed Feb 25, 3:14PM CST
Pre-election years tend to be the best years during the four year presidential cycle, according to Jeffrey Hirsch, editor-in-chief at Stock Trader’s Almanac.
USO: 18.10 (+0.07), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), UNG: 13.74 (+0.10), FCG: 11.22 (-0.13), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), IWM: 122.58 (-0.67), XLU: 45.23 (-0.05), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), XLE: 79.02 (-0.35)
Bond Strategy - Don't Let Interest Rates Get In The Way
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 2:50PM CST
There are a variety of strategic reasons that bonds are gravitated to as part of an investment portfolio: income production, diversification, and capital preservation to name just a few. But, and perhaps needless to say, few on Wall Street today are...
TAPR: 31.69 (-0.27), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), GOVT: 25.41 (+0.06), PLW: 33.32 (+0.08)
Stocks Looked 'Stretched' But Investors Still Have a 'Risk-On' Mentality
at The Street - Wed Feb 25, 1:52PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel took a closer look at stocks following the Federal Reserve's potential rate hike and questions regarding valuation.
GE: 25.99 (+0.10), SAM: 267.60 (-11.18), M: 63.72 (+0.14), TIF: 88.22 (-0.48), CZR: 10.60 (-0.19), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), LULU: 68.44 (+1.96), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), LB: 91.86 (-0.12), TJX: 68.64 (+0.57), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), JCP: 8.50 (-0.62), JWN: 80.43 (-0.42), GPS: 41.60 (+1.23), IWM: 122.58 (-0.67), BABA: 85.12 (-0.25)
'Fast Money' Recap: Which Bank Stocks Should You Be Buying?
at The Street - Wed Feb 25, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed why financial stocks rose despite the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates low.
GE: 25.99 (+0.10), HD: 114.75 (-0.63), BX: 37.46 (-0.44), WFC: 54.79 (-0.36), KKR: 22.85 (-0.64), SPWR: 32.66 (+0.60), HPQ: 34.84 (+0.83), SO: 45.79 (+0.03), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), VRSN: 64.02 (-0.80), FSLR: 59.74 (+1.06), GS: 189.79 (-2.41), JPM: 61.28 (-0.30), USB: 44.61 (-0.32), SUNE: 22.14 (-0.14), TOL: 38.31 (+0.26)
Another Hellenic Anticlimax
Ivan Martchev - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 3:57AM CST
Editor's note: Originally published on 23 February, 2015 While Greece has gotten conditional financing for another four months, that does not mean the country - or the euro for that matter - is out of the woods. This week the European troika still...
ZROZ: 125.00 (+1.47), XLU: 45.23 (-0.05), SO: 45.79 (+0.03), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
10-year Treasury yield tumbles back below 2%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 1:45PM CST
TLH: 137.54 (+0.31), TBX: 29.92 (-0.10), DFVS: 32.99 (-0.38), TBZ: 29.26 (-0.30), DFVL: 64.14 (+1.16), DLBL: 76.27 (+0.34), TLO: 74.66 (+0.64), UBT: 84.90 (+1.30), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), DLBS: 20.10 (+0.05), ZROZ: 125.00 (+1.47), ITE: 60.25 (+0.07), TYO: 17.75 (-0.03), SCHO: 50.66 (+0.02), TTT: 37.55 (-0.91), SCHR: 54.09 (+0.08), GSY: 50.03 (+0.04), SYTL: 88.67 (unch), TYBS: 22.35 (+0.18), FIVZ: 80.18 (unch), VGIT: 65.00 (+0.10), DTYL: 76.29 (+1.57), IEI: 123.33 (+0.22), TYD: 45.96 (-0.33), PST: 23.87 (-0.16), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), DTUS: 34.36 (-0.04), UST: 57.32 (+0.38), TENZ: 86.72 (+0.14), EDV: 128.69 (+1.11), DTYS: 20.41 (-0.56), TYNS: 30.40 (-0.10), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), DTUL: 61.40 (-1.22), LBND: 56.99 (+0.21), SBND: 4.40 (-0.02), TBF: 24.34 (-0.19), TUZ: 50.96 (+0.02), SHY: 84.70 (+0.03), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), VGLT: 79.70 (+0.61), SST: 30.20 (+0.02), VGSH: 61.01 (+0.02), SHV: 110.28 (+0.01), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
Macro Outlook: U.S. Equities
Brian Sanders - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 28, 1:35PM CST
SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 3:23PM CST
GDXJ: 26.57 (+0.20), VXX: 27.62 (-0.16), UNG: 13.74 (+0.10), FCG: 11.22 (-0.13), OIL: 10.95 (+0.07), GAZ: 1.46 (+0.02), BNO: 23.34 (+0.54), TAN: 39.50 (+0.03), GDX: 21.28 (+0.32), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Housing Stocks Could Break Out as Volatility Remains Low
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 1:30PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' show look at homebuilders and interest rates.
NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), HD: 114.75 (-0.63), GE: 25.99 (+0.10), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), ITB: 27.64 (+0.03), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), LOW: 74.09 (-0.01), IWM: 122.58 (-0.67), SHW: 285.20 (-2.50), OA: 66.28 (-1.37), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Chicago PMI dives into contraction
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 27, 9:09AM CST
TLH: 137.54 (+0.31), DLBL: 76.27 (+0.34), TLO: 74.66 (+0.64), TENZ: 86.72 (+0.14), EDV: 128.69 (+1.11), UBT: 84.90 (+1.30), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), DLBS: 20.10 (+0.05), LBND: 56.99 (+0.21), ZROZ: 125.00 (+1.47), SBND: 4.40 (-0.02), TBF: 24.34 (-0.19), TTT: 37.55 (-0.91), VGLT: 79.70 (+0.61), TYBS: 22.35 (+0.18), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
'Fast Money' Recap: Euro Down, Dollar Rising, What Should You Sell?
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed if the Fed will raise interest rates after all and which refinery stocks you should buy.
KO: 43.30 (+0.84), AMZN: 380.16 (-4.64), TSLA: 203.34 (-3.85), FB: 78.97 (-1.44), EUO: 25.06 (+0.05), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), NFLX: 474.91 (-8.12), VLO: 61.69 (-0.28), TSO: 91.84 (-1.68), TXI: 92.10 (-0.26), TGT: 76.83 (-0.07), GOOGL: 562.63 (+3.34), TWC: 154.05 (+1.65), CMCSA: 59.38 (+0.23)
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)
Scarcity And Stocks: How To Follow (Or Avoid) A Late '90s 'New Economy' Playbook
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 2:41PM CST
For the better part of 15 months, I have pounded the table for longer-term U.S. treasuries. Most financial pundits thought that I was nuts in December of 2013; they debated my scarcity premise throughout 2014 and they dismiss my relative value...
HACK: 29.13 (-0.08), OEF: 92.94 (-0.38), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), VIG: 82.80 (-0.08), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), MGK: 85.14 (-0.34), XLV: 72.24 (-0.35)
The Pathetic 'Talk Therapy' Of Janet Yellen
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 1:34PM CST
What in god’s name does Janet Yellen think she is doing? Just a few weeks ago she established the ridiculous Fedspeak convention that “patient” means money market rates will not rise from the zero bound for at least two meetings....
TLH: 137.54 (+0.31), TBX: 29.92 (-0.10), DFVS: 32.99 (-0.38), TBZ: 29.26 (-0.30), DFVL: 64.14 (+1.16), DLBL: 76.27 (+0.34), SINF: 47.80 (unch), MBG: 27.36 (+0.06), TLO: 74.66 (+0.64), UBT: 84.90 (+1.30), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), STIP: 99.66 (+0.23), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), RINF: 30.82 (+0.32), DLBS: 20.10 (+0.05), ZROZ: 125.00 (+1.47), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ITE: 60.25 (+0.07), TYO: 17.75 (-0.03), TTT: 37.55 (-0.91), SCHO: 50.66 (+0.02), SCHP: 55.18 (+0.33), MBB: 110.03 (+0.32), GSY: 50.03 (+0.04), SCHR: 54.09 (+0.08), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (unch), TPS: 26.73 (-0.47), TYBS: 22.35 (+0.18), TIP: 114.14 (+0.66), IEI: 123.33 (+0.22), DTYL: 76.29 (+1.57), TYD: 45.96 (-0.33), IEF: 107.64 (+0.38), PST: 23.87 (-0.16), DTUS: 34.36 (-0.04), EDV: 128.69 (+1.11), GNMA: 50.33 (+0.01), DTYS: 20.41 (-0.56), TYNS: 30.40 (-0.10), TFLO: 50.07 (-0.06), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), DTUL: 61.40 (-1.22), LTPZ: 68.93 (+0.63), VTIP: 48.63 (+0.15), SBND: 4.40 (-0.02), TBF: 24.34 (-0.19), TUZ: 50.96 (+0.02), SHY: 84.70 (+0.03), VGLT: 79.70 (+0.61), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21), SHV: 110.28 (+0.01), SIPE: 19.46 (+0.05), FLAT: 61.31 (-0.40), USFR: 24.90 (+0.01), TIPX: 19.45 (+0.10), AGZ: 114.49 (+0.30), TDTF: 24.94 (+0.14), TIPZ: 58.01 (+0.38), INFL: 39.28 (unch), TDTT: 24.52 (+0.08), FIVZ: 80.18 (unch), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), VGIT: 65.00 (+0.10), IPE: 57.01 (+0.35), UST: 57.32 (+0.38), TENZ: 86.72 (+0.14), LBND: 56.99 (+0.21), STPP: 34.31 (+0.23), TAPR: 31.69 (-0.27), VMBS: 53.24 (+0.08), STPZ: 52.14 (+0.17), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.20 (+0.02), VGSH: 61.01 (+0.02), PLW: 33.32 (+0.08), GOVT: 25.41 (+0.06)
There'll Be No Federal Reserve Rate Hike in 'Foreseeable Future'
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 12:10PM CST
Global economies, especially the emerging markets, would not be able to withstand a U.S. rate hike, said Dr. Srinivas Thiruvadanthai, director of research for the Jerome Levy Forecasting Center.
EEM: 40.74 (-0.03), EWG: 29.70 (+0.12), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), EWU: 19.10 (-0.02), EWQ: 26.50 (+0.13), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), IWM: 122.58 (-0.67), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73)
Fed Plans Favor Bank Of America
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 11:53AM CST
BAC: 15.81 (-0.23), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) : Take profit @ $129.60
Trading Central - Thu Feb 26, 8:47AM CST
The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) has reached our target which was set at $130.55 during pre-market session. Performance: 1.73%.
TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Bullard: Ready to get started with rate hikes
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 6:22AM CST
TLH: 137.54 (+0.31), DLBL: 76.27 (+0.34), TLO: 74.66 (+0.64), TENZ: 86.72 (+0.14), EDV: 128.69 (+1.11), UBT: 84.90 (+1.30), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), TBT: 43.15 (-0.73), TMV: 28.05 (-0.71), DLBS: 20.10 (+0.05), LBND: 56.99 (+0.21), ZROZ: 125.00 (+1.47), SBND: 4.40 (-0.02), TBF: 24.34 (-0.19), TTT: 37.55 (-0.91), VGLT: 79.70 (+0.61), TYBS: 22.35 (+0.18), TMF: 92.58 (+2.21)
Complexity, Critical States And Tributaries Of Uncertainty
Franklin Templeton Investments - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 1:10AM CST
J. Brooks Ritchey Senior Managing Director at K2 Advisors, Franklin Templeton Solutions In the March 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs Journal, Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson published a terrific article (IMHO) outlining the complexity of...
SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Love Affair With High Risk Debt Overtakes Bond Market
ETFguide - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 3:31PM CST
By Ronald Delegge The most important single factor in shaping security markets is the public's psychology. That was Gerald Loeb's observation about how financial markets operate. And history has proven this assessment to be consistently true. What...
JNK: 39.78 (+0.05), HYB: 9.22 (-0.03), AGG: 111.20 (+0.28), UJB: 59.97 (unch), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08)
Pre-Election Year Best in President Cycle, Stocks Typically Soar
at The Street - Wed Feb 25, 3:14PM CST
Pre-election years tend to be the best years during the four year presidential cycle, according to Jeffrey Hirsch, editor-in-chief at Stock Trader’s Almanac.
USO: 18.10 (+0.07), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), UNG: 13.74 (+0.10), FCG: 11.22 (-0.13), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), IWM: 122.58 (-0.67), XLU: 45.23 (-0.05), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), XLE: 79.02 (-0.35)
Bond Strategy - Don't Let Interest Rates Get In The Way
Learn Bonds - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 2:50PM CST
There are a variety of strategic reasons that bonds are gravitated to as part of an investment portfolio: income production, diversification, and capital preservation to name just a few. But, and perhaps needless to say, few on Wall Street today are...
TAPR: 31.69 (-0.27), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), GOVT: 25.41 (+0.06), PLW: 33.32 (+0.08)
Stocks Looked 'Stretched' But Investors Still Have a 'Risk-On' Mentality
at The Street - Wed Feb 25, 1:52PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel took a closer look at stocks following the Federal Reserve's potential rate hike and questions regarding valuation.
GE: 25.99 (+0.10), SAM: 267.60 (-11.18), M: 63.72 (+0.14), TIF: 88.22 (-0.48), CZR: 10.60 (-0.19), TLT: 129.53 (+1.08), LULU: 68.44 (+1.96), SPY: 210.66 (-0.72), LB: 91.86 (-0.12), TJX: 68.64 (+0.57), QQQ: 108.40 (-0.48), DIA: 181.19 (-0.82), JCP: 8.50 (-0.62), JWN: 80.43 (-0.42), GPS: 41.60 (+1.23), IWM: 122.58 (-0.67), BABA: 85.12 (-0.25)
'Fast Money' Recap: Which Bank Stocks Should You Be Buying?
at The Street - Wed Feb 25, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed why financial stocks rose despite the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates low.
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Another Hellenic Anticlimax
Ivan Martchev - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 3:57AM CST
Editor's note: Originally published on 23 February, 2015 While Greece has gotten conditional financing for another four months, that does not mean the country - or the euro for that matter - is out of the woods. This week the European troika still...
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10-year Treasury yield tumbles back below 2%
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 1:45PM CST
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