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The Role Of Bonds In Portfolios Today
Brad McMillan - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 12:54PM CST
This article originally appeared on the Independent Observer Blog. I am at the Commonwealth Leaders Conference this week, at one of the most beautiful properties I have ever seen. So, of course, I am sitting in a conference room...
SAGG: 33.05 (-0.03), SCHZ: 52.41 (+0.04), GBF: 114.48 (+0.28), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), VBND: 50.03 (+0.01), FBND: 50.56 (+0.03), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), LAG: 58.33 (+0.01), BND: 82.55 (unch), IUSB: 101.64 (+0.03)
A More Inclusive U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 6:38AM CST
By Thomas Boccellari Back when the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index) launched in 1976, it was the first of its kind. It provided aggregate exposure to the U.S. bond market and gave bond managers an index...
HYG: 91.03 (-0.17), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), IUSB: 101.64 (+0.03)
Enjoy Gundlach's Skill in SPDR's New Active Bond ETF - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Mar 04, 6:00AM CST
State Street and Jeffrey Gundlach's DoubleLine Capital have joined forces to launch an active bond ETF.
RIGS: 25.38 (+0.03), TOTL: 49.85 (+0.02), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), BND: 82.55 (unch)
Trading Bond ETFs: Quick Strategy Primer
Lang Gibson - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 2:42PM CST
SCHZ: 52.41 (+0.04), LDUR: 101.30 (+0.13), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), FWDB: 25.54 (-0.03), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), DI: 49.55 (-0.80), BND: 82.55 (unch)
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF announces monthly distribution of $0.186
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 1:01PM CST
AGG: 110.37 (+0.06)
This Chart Is Worth 1,000 Words
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 10:37PM CST
SCHZ: 52.41 (+0.04), HYG: 91.03 (-0.17), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), IEF: 106.52 (+0.08), TLO: 72.97 (+0.07), VBND: 50.03 (+0.01), FBND: 50.56 (+0.03), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), IUSB: 101.64 (+0.03), SAGG: 33.05 (-0.03), JNK: 39.40 (-0.06), GBF: 114.48 (+0.28), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), LQD: 120.27 (-0.08), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), BND: 82.55 (unch), LAG: 58.33 (+0.01)
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: 52.41 (+0.04), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), VBND: 50.03 (+0.01), FBND: 50.56 (+0.03), IUSB: 101.64 (+0.03), SAGG: 33.05 (-0.03), GBF: 114.48 (+0.28), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), BND: 82.55 (unch), LAG: 58.33 (+0.01)
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: 33.05 (-0.03), SCHZ: 52.41 (+0.04), GBF: 114.48 (+0.28), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), VBND: 50.03 (+0.01), FBND: 50.56 (+0.03), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), LAG: 58.33 (+0.01), BND: 82.55 (unch), IUSB: 101.64 (+0.03)
A Reason To Stick With Equities And When To Reduce Your Exposure
Jason Draut - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 3:59PM CST
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89)
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: 39.40 (-0.06), HYB: 9.24 (-0.02), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), UJB: 59.97 (unch), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04)
Are Risk Parity Funds Worth The Cost?
Brad Zigler - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 25, 12:46AM CST
This article originally appeared in the March edition of REP. magazine and online at WealthManagement.com . A while back, risk parity was all the rage among institutional investors. And now, thanks to a raft of mutual funds floated over the...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06)
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: 108.80 (-0.44), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), DRN: 82.99 (-2.52), IYR: 78.56 (-0.66), SCHB: 51.13 (-0.21), BND: 82.55 (unch), VNQ: 82.89 (-0.80), ITOT: 96.12 (-0.37)
State Street and Jeff Gundlach team up to launch a new ETF
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 11:50AM CST
SCHZ: 52.41 (+0.04), TOTL: 49.85 (+0.02), STT: 75.13 (-0.24), LDUR: 101.30 (+0.13), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), VBND: 50.03 (+0.01), FWDB: 25.54 (-0.03), FBND: 50.56 (+0.03), IUSB: 101.64 (+0.03), SAGG: 33.05 (-0.03), RIGS: 25.38 (+0.03), GBF: 114.48 (+0.28), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), BND: 82.55 (unch), LAG: 58.33 (+0.01), DI: 49.55 (-0.80)
Consider A Rebalance Away From iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market ETF
Dallas Salazar - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 22, 7:54AM CST
AGG: 110.37 (+0.06)
BlackRock brings "smart beta" to fixed income
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 21, 7:54AM CST
SAGG: 33.05 (-0.03), SCHZ: 52.41 (+0.04), GBF: 114.48 (+0.28), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), VBND: 50.03 (+0.01), FBND: 50.56 (+0.03), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), LAG: 58.33 (+0.01), BND: 82.55 (unch), IUSB: 101.64 (+0.03)
The New Enhanced Bond Rotation Strategy With Adaptive Bond Allocation
Frank Grossmann - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 20, 1:57PM CST
On November 2013 I published the first SA article on the BRS ( Bond Rotation Strategy ). Now, 15 months later, I am presenting an important update for this strategy. Even though the old strategy has done well, I think it is very important to...
TLH: 136.03 (+0.16), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), JNK: 39.40 (-0.06), PCY: 28.40 (-0.06), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), CWB: 47.61 (-0.22), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), SHY: 84.60 (+0.02)
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: 10.01 (+0.03), IEF: 106.52 (+0.08), REM: 11.87 (+0.02), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), SHY: 84.60 (+0.02), BND: 82.55 (unch), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), TMV: 29.82 (-0.11), TBT: 44.96 (-0.12), TMF: 86.92 (+0.48)
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: 33.05 (-0.03), SCHZ: 52.41 (+0.04), GBF: 114.48 (+0.28), BOND: 109.18 (+0.12), VBND: 50.03 (+0.01), FBND: 50.56 (+0.03), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), LAG: 58.33 (+0.01), BND: 82.55 (unch), IUSB: 101.64 (+0.03)
Rising Interest Rates Are Great News For These Bond ETFs
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 18, 4:35AM CST
With an improved economy and better employment prospects, a rate hike by the Fed is back on the table for 2015. We have already started to see rates move higher in recent weeks in anticipation of this, as benchmark 10-year debt is now around 2%, a...
JNK: 39.40 (-0.06), HYG: 91.03 (-0.17), AGG: 110.37 (+0.06), HYND: 21.65 (unch), AGND: 45.24 (+0.15)