Aggregate Bond Ishares (AGG) 111.32 $AGG
Global Currencies Teeter As Bonds Offer 'Return-Free Risk'
Money Metals Exchange - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 2:04PM CDT
By Stefan Gleason Never before has holding bonds denominated in national currencies been more risky and less rewarding. That may seem like a provocative statement, but it’s not hyperbole. It’s the reality investors around the world now...
GLDI: 11.72 (+0.09), LDUR: 101.01 (-0.04), OUNZ: 11.79 (+0.12), UGLD: 10.99 (+0.33), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), SIVR: 16.44 (+0.56), DSLV: 53.12 (-7.07), GYEN: 13.06 (+0.01), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SGOL: 115.86 (+1.34), GEUR: 13.79 (-0.02), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGQ: 42.25 (+2.95), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), SLV: 16.00 (+0.56), DI: 49.95 (+1.13), ZSL: 100.25 (-7.75), UGL: 38.08 (+0.77), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BARS: 47.25 (-1.58), TBAR: 23.82 (-0.05), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FWDB: 25.63 (unch), USV: 22.54 (+1.01), DZZ: 7.35 (-0.15), DGL: 39.03 (+0.43), DGP: 23.18 (+0.53), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), DGLD: 74.82 (-2.68), DBS: 26.89 (+0.97), UBG: 30.56 (+0.27), USLV: 21.12 (+2.11), SLVO: 11.45 (+0.33), DGZ: 15.52 (-0.17), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), IAU: 11.44 (+0.13), BAR: 26.60 (+0.79), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), AGOL: 113.86 (unch), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), GLL: 98.55 (-2.23)
Evans: Fed's biggest risk is hiking too soon
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 1:23PM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), DTUS: 33.38 (-0.48), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), DTUL: 61.40 (-1.22), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), SCHO: 50.68 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.97 (+0.02), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), BIL: 45.73 (unch), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), SST: 30.26 (+0.02), VGSH: 61.06 (+0.05), SHV: 110.26 (unch)
Goldman hedges September rate hike forecast
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 18, 3:34PM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), FLAT: 61.82 (+0.25), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), STPP: 33.90 (-0.25), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
I Hope I'm Wrong About This...
Bonner & Partners - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 5:46AM CDT
By Bill Bonner Today, I'm going to tell you about the end of the world. Not the end of the world exactly. But the end of the fiat money system President Nixon gave birth to in 1971... when he cut the dollar loose from gold. And it may feel like...
JGBL: 21.48 (-0.39), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), JGBT: 26.07 (+0.16), JGBS: 18.17 (+0.02), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), JGBB: 49.31 (-0.03), JGBD: 14.88 (-0.22)
Natixis: Sharp falls in oil mean better growth, higher rates, weaker euro
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 16, 1:56PM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), ULE: 15.74 (+0.44), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), URR: 17.25 (+0.55), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), EUO: 26.67 (-0.88), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), FXE: 106.32 (+1.63), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), ERO: 41.04 (+0.73), EUFX: 44.64 (-0.66), DRR: 62.18 (-1.82)
Watch As All The Bond Rats Jump Ship Before FOMC Meeting
EconMatters - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 13, 5:29AM CDT
Short-Term Market Flipping The markets are just hilarious these days - there are no meaningful investments in the era of High-Frequency Trading, Spoofing Algos, Pump & Dump IPO Schemes and ZIRP free money to borrow at the drop of a hat. ...
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), TLO: 75.71 (+0.46), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
Bond Yields In Canada And United Kingdom Looking Most Attractive Right Now
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 12:12PM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), LDUR: 101.01 (-0.04), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), FWDB: 25.63 (unch), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), DI: 49.95 (+1.13)
Fed Rate Hike Cycles And Bond Yields
Brian Romanchuk - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 8:01AM CDT
In the post-1990 era, most Treasury bond bear markets are associated with Fed rate hike cycles. (There have been some counter-trend selloffs, such as the "Taper Tantrum" of 2013.) The 1994 episode was a notorious bear market that persisted...
SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33)
Most Dividend Growth Investors Will Need Bonds, Too
Dale Roberts - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 6:20AM CDT
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), VIG: 82.22 (+0.61), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
Pimco's Total Return Fund boosts mortgage exposure
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 12:07PM CDT
BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
Bond Sell-Off: Are We Finally Headed For The 'Big One'?
Adam Aloisi - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 11:04AM CDT
Those who remember the old 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx may recall Fred Sanford's chronic fake heart attacks. Whenever he came under stress or received a visit from a dreaded relative, he'd dramatically ramble around the living...
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
Gundlach: Fed rate hike is a mistake
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 8:46AM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), UUP: 25.82 (-0.35), USDU: 28.43 (-0.39), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), UDN: 21.61 (+0.26), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), FORX: 42.90 (-0.29), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15)
6 Days Until The Bond Market Crash Begins
EconMatters - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 5:25AM CDT
Run for the Exits Early on Thursday morning, realizing this was going to be a robust sell-off in equities, the "smart money", i.e., the big banks, investments banks, hedge funds and the like, ran to the old staple of buying bonds hand...
SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33)
Managing Portfolio Risk With Tactical Asset Allocation
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 4:47PM CDT
Tactical asset allocation (TAA) is the solution and the problem. The solution because dynamically managing the asset mix offers the potential for superior risk control and perhaps even higher returns relative to a passive strategy. But TAA is also a...
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
The Bull Market Is Six Years Old, Is It Time To Reexamine Your Asset Allocation?
J. Lawrence Manley, Jr., CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 5:11AM CDT
Market Outlook : On March 9th, the equity bull market will be six years old and will have appreciated more than 215%, an incredible 21.25% compounded annual growth rate. We believe this six-year anniversary is a good opportunity for investors to...
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), IEF: 108.31 (+0.44), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), IWM: 125.99 (+1.10)
Cheap Exposure To The Universal Bond Index
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 3:37AM CDT
By Thomas Boccellari With yields at all-time lows, many income-seeking investors have been chasing yield, investing in everything from high-yield corporate bonds to high-quality dividend-paying stocks. However, chasing yield can often lead to...
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33)
What Is A Key Ratio Saying About Stock Market Risk?
Chris Ciovacco - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 1:23AM CST
If you knew (or thought) a bear market in stocks was just around the corner, would you prefer to be invested in 100% stocks or 100% bonds? Since the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY ) lost over 50% in the last two bear markets (2000-2002 and 2007-2009),...
VTI: 109.76 (+0.91), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
The Long-Short Trade In Bond ETFs
Lang Gibson - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 5:36PM CST
HYG: 90.44 (+0.70), LQD: 121.49 (+0.34), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
How To Balance Your Approach To Bonds
Matt Tucker, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 1:50AM CST
We know that an interest rate hike by the Fed, which we think will happen either during their June or September meeting, could impact your fixed income investments. Fed action will push up short-term interest rates, and will likely impact...
INC: 99.57 (+0.15), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
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: 32.67 (-0.41), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33)
Global Currencies Teeter As Bonds Offer 'Return-Free Risk'
Money Metals Exchange - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 2:04PM CDT
By Stefan Gleason Never before has holding bonds denominated in national currencies been more risky and less rewarding. That may seem like a provocative statement, but it’s not hyperbole. It’s the reality investors around the world now...
GLDI: 11.72 (+0.09), LDUR: 101.01 (-0.04), OUNZ: 11.79 (+0.12), UGLD: 10.99 (+0.33), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), SIVR: 16.44 (+0.56), DSLV: 53.12 (-7.07), GYEN: 13.06 (+0.01), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SGOL: 115.86 (+1.34), GEUR: 13.79 (-0.02), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGQ: 42.25 (+2.95), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), SLV: 16.00 (+0.56), DI: 49.95 (+1.13), ZSL: 100.25 (-7.75), UGL: 38.08 (+0.77), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BARS: 47.25 (-1.58), TBAR: 23.82 (-0.05), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FWDB: 25.63 (unch), USV: 22.54 (+1.01), DZZ: 7.35 (-0.15), DGL: 39.03 (+0.43), DGP: 23.18 (+0.53), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), DGLD: 74.82 (-2.68), DBS: 26.89 (+0.97), UBG: 30.56 (+0.27), USLV: 21.12 (+2.11), SLVO: 11.45 (+0.33), DGZ: 15.52 (-0.17), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), IAU: 11.44 (+0.13), BAR: 26.60 (+0.79), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), AGOL: 113.86 (unch), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), GLL: 98.55 (-2.23)
Evans: Fed's biggest risk is hiking too soon
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 1:23PM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), DTUS: 33.38 (-0.48), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), DTUL: 61.40 (-1.22), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), SCHO: 50.68 (+0.03), TUZ: 50.97 (+0.02), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), BIL: 45.73 (unch), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), SST: 30.26 (+0.02), VGSH: 61.06 (+0.05), SHV: 110.26 (unch)
Goldman hedges September rate hike forecast
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 18, 3:34PM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), FLAT: 61.82 (+0.25), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), STPP: 33.90 (-0.25), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
I Hope I'm Wrong About This...
Bonner & Partners - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 5:46AM CDT
By Bill Bonner Today, I'm going to tell you about the end of the world. Not the end of the world exactly. But the end of the fiat money system President Nixon gave birth to in 1971... when he cut the dollar loose from gold. And it may feel like...
JGBL: 21.48 (-0.39), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), JGBT: 26.07 (+0.16), JGBS: 18.17 (+0.02), EU: 20.54 (-0.08), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), JGBB: 49.31 (-0.03), JGBD: 14.88 (-0.22)
Natixis: Sharp falls in oil mean better growth, higher rates, weaker euro
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 16, 1:56PM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), ULE: 15.74 (+0.44), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), URR: 17.25 (+0.55), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), EUO: 26.67 (-0.88), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), FXE: 106.32 (+1.63), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), ERO: 41.04 (+0.73), EUFX: 44.64 (-0.66), DRR: 62.18 (-1.82)
Watch As All The Bond Rats Jump Ship Before FOMC Meeting
EconMatters - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 13, 5:29AM CDT
Short-Term Market Flipping The markets are just hilarious these days - there are no meaningful investments in the era of High-Frequency Trading, Spoofing Algos, Pump & Dump IPO Schemes and ZIRP free money to borrow at the drop of a hat. ...
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), TLO: 75.71 (+0.46), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
Bond Yields In Canada And United Kingdom Looking Most Attractive Right Now
Michael Grogan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 12:12PM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), LDUR: 101.01 (-0.04), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), FWDB: 25.63 (unch), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), DI: 49.95 (+1.13)
Fed Rate Hike Cycles And Bond Yields
Brian Romanchuk - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 8:01AM CDT
In the post-1990 era, most Treasury bond bear markets are associated with Fed rate hike cycles. (There have been some counter-trend selloffs, such as the "Taper Tantrum" of 2013.) The 1994 episode was a notorious bear market that persisted...
SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33)
Most Dividend Growth Investors Will Need Bonds, Too
Dale Roberts - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 6:20AM CDT
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), VIG: 82.22 (+0.61), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
Pimco's Total Return Fund boosts mortgage exposure
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 12:07PM CDT
BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
Bond Sell-Off: Are We Finally Headed For The 'Big One'?
Adam Aloisi - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 11:04AM CDT
Those who remember the old 1970s sitcom Sanford and Son starring Redd Foxx may recall Fred Sanford's chronic fake heart attacks. Whenever he came under stress or received a visit from a dreaded relative, he'd dramatically ramble around the living...
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
Gundlach: Fed rate hike is a mistake
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 8:46AM CDT
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), UUP: 25.82 (-0.35), USDU: 28.43 (-0.39), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33), SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), UDN: 21.61 (+0.26), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), FORX: 42.90 (-0.29), UDNT: 10.33 (-0.15)
6 Days Until The Bond Market Crash Begins
EconMatters - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 5:25AM CDT
Run for the Exits Early on Thursday morning, realizing this was going to be a robust sell-off in equities, the "smart money", i.e., the big banks, investments banks, hedge funds and the like, ran to the old staple of buying bonds hand...
SAGG: 32.67 (-0.41), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33)
Managing Portfolio Risk With Tactical Asset Allocation
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 09, 4:47PM CDT
Tactical asset allocation (TAA) is the solution and the problem. The solution because dynamically managing the asset mix offers the potential for superior risk control and perhaps even higher returns relative to a passive strategy. But TAA is also a...
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
The Bull Market Is Six Years Old, Is It Time To Reexamine Your Asset Allocation?
J. Lawrence Manley, Jr., CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 5:11AM CDT
Market Outlook : On March 9th, the equity bull market will be six years old and will have appreciated more than 215%, an incredible 21.25% compounded annual growth rate. We believe this six-year anniversary is a good opportunity for investors to...
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), IEF: 108.31 (+0.44), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), IWM: 125.99 (+1.10)
Cheap Exposure To The Universal Bond Index
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 08, 3:37AM CDT
By Thomas Boccellari With yields at all-time lows, many income-seeking investors have been chasing yield, investing in everything from high-yield corporate bonds to high-quality dividend-paying stocks. However, chasing yield can often lead to...
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33)
What Is A Key Ratio Saying About Stock Market Risk?
Chris Ciovacco - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 1:23AM CST
If you knew (or thought) a bear market in stocks was just around the corner, would you prefer to be invested in 100% stocks or 100% bonds? Since the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY ) lost over 50% in the last two bear markets (2000-2002 and 2007-2009),...
VTI: 109.76 (+0.91), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
The Long-Short Trade In Bond ETFs
Lang Gibson - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 5:36PM CST
HYG: 90.44 (+0.70), LQD: 121.49 (+0.34), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
How To Balance Your Approach To Bonds
Matt Tucker, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 05, 1:50AM CST
We know that an interest rate hike by the Fed, which we think will happen either during their June or September meeting, could impact your fixed income investments. Fed action will push up short-term interest rates, and will likely impact...
INC: 99.57 (+0.15), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34)
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: 32.67 (-0.41), SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), GBF: 115.47 (+0.47), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), VBND: 50.32 (+0.16), FBND: 50.81 (+0.23), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), LAG: 58.88 (+0.25), BND: 83.32 (+0.22), IUSB: 102.53 (+0.33)
