AGZ Crosses Below Key Moving Average Level
ETFChannel.com - Fri Mar 06, 2:55PM CST
In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares Agency Bond ETF crossed below their 200 day moving average of $113.01, changing hands as low as $112.92 per share. iShares Agency Bond shares are currently trading down about 0.3% on the day.
AGZ: 113.93 (-0.16)
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: 138.81 (+0.75), TBX: 29.67 (-0.08), DFVS: 32.05 (-0.45), TBZ: 29.05 (-0.17), DFVL: 64.14 (+1.16), DLBL: 76.53 (-0.18), SINF: 47.80 (unch), MBG: 27.42 (+0.04), TLO: 75.71 (+0.46), UBT: 87.85 (+1.14), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), STIP: 99.24 (+0.12), TBT: 41.44 (-0.47), RINF: 30.61 (+0.74), DLBS: 19.31 (-0.39), ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ITE: 60.43 (+0.09), TYO: 17.21 (-0.19), TTT: 35.27 (-0.59), SCHO: 50.68 (+0.03), SCHP: 55.03 (+0.12), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), GSY: 50.03 (+0.03), SCHR: 54.29 (+0.17), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 85.70 (-2.97), TPS: 27.63 (+0.23), TYBS: 21.87 (+0.11), TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), IEI: 123.91 (+0.39), DTYL: 76.15 (+1.46), TYD: 47.64 (+0.71), IEF: 108.31 (+0.44), PST: 23.46 (-0.15), DTUS: 33.38 (-0.48), EDV: 132.00 (+0.92), GNMA: 50.32 (-0.07), DTYS: 19.36 (-0.62), TYNS: 30.32 (-0.09), TFLO: 50.04 (-0.09), TMV: 26.26 (-0.43), DTUL: 61.40 (-1.22), LTPZ: 69.43 (+0.37), VTIP: 48.36 (unch), SBND: 4.17 (-0.06), TBF: 23.84 (-0.13), TUZ: 50.97 (+0.02), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), VGLT: 80.81 (+0.37), TMF: 96.98 (+1.44), SHV: 110.26 (unch), SIPE: 19.40 (+0.08), FLAT: 61.82 (+0.25), USFR: 24.77 (-0.19), TIPX: 19.33 (+0.05), AGZ: 113.93 (-0.16), TDTF: 24.79 (+0.06), TIPZ: 57.81 (+0.17), INFL: 39.28 (unch), TDTT: 24.39 (+0.05), FIVZ: 80.31 (unch), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), VGIT: 65.27 (+0.21), IPE: 56.84 (+0.17), UST: 58.13 (+0.46), TENZ: 87.46 (+0.56), LBND: 60.76 (+0.90), STPP: 33.90 (-0.25), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), STPZ: 51.86 (+0.07), BIL: 45.73 (unch), SST: 30.26 (+0.02), VGSH: 61.06 (+0.05), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
A Very Pernicious Partnership: Keynesian Money Printers And Wall Street Gamblers
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 1:53PM CST
No sooner was the January jobs report released than the Wall Street Journal posted a succinct headline: "Hiring, Wages Pick Up as Job Market Nears Full Health". Whether the job market is actually as red hot as the BLS' headline numbers...
TLH: 138.81 (+0.75), TBX: 29.67 (-0.08), DFVS: 32.05 (-0.45), TBZ: 29.05 (-0.17), DFVL: 64.14 (+1.16), DLBL: 76.53 (-0.18), SINF: 47.80 (unch), MBG: 27.42 (+0.04), TLO: 75.71 (+0.46), UBT: 87.85 (+1.14), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), STIP: 99.24 (+0.12), TBT: 41.44 (-0.47), RINF: 30.61 (+0.74), DLBS: 19.31 (-0.39), ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), HOLD: 99.40 (unch), ITE: 60.43 (+0.09), TYO: 17.21 (-0.19), TTT: 35.27 (-0.59), SCHO: 50.68 (+0.03), SCHP: 55.03 (+0.12), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), GMTB: 52.47 (unch), GSY: 50.03 (+0.03), SCHR: 54.29 (+0.17), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 85.70 (-2.97), TPS: 27.63 (+0.23), TYBS: 21.87 (+0.11), TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), IEI: 123.91 (+0.39), DTYL: 76.15 (+1.46), TYD: 47.64 (+0.71), IEF: 108.31 (+0.44), PST: 23.46 (-0.15), DTUS: 33.38 (-0.48), EDV: 132.00 (+0.92), GNMA: 50.32 (-0.07), DTYS: 19.36 (-0.62), TYNS: 30.32 (-0.09), TFLO: 50.04 (-0.09), TMV: 26.26 (-0.43), DTUL: 61.40 (-1.22), LTPZ: 69.43 (+0.37), VTIP: 48.36 (unch), SBND: 4.17 (-0.06), TBF: 23.84 (-0.13), TUZ: 50.97 (+0.02), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), VGLT: 80.81 (+0.37), RAVI: 75.43 (-0.15), TMF: 96.98 (+1.44), SHV: 110.26 (unch), ULST: 40.03 (-0.04), NEAR: 50.11 (unch), SIPE: 19.40 (+0.08), FLAT: 61.82 (+0.25), FTSM: 60.04 (-0.01), USFR: 24.77 (-0.19), TIPX: 19.33 (+0.05), AGZ: 113.93 (-0.16), ICSH: 49.95 (+0.01), TDTF: 24.79 (+0.06), TIPZ: 57.81 (+0.17), INFL: 39.28 (unch), TDTT: 24.39 (+0.05), FIVZ: 80.31 (unch), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), VGIT: 65.27 (+0.21), IPE: 56.84 (+0.17), UST: 58.13 (+0.46), TENZ: 87.46 (+0.56), LBND: 60.76 (+0.90), STPP: 33.90 (-0.25), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), STPZ: 51.86 (+0.07), BIL: 45.73 (unch), SST: 30.26 (+0.02), VGSH: 61.06 (+0.05), FTSD: 99.29 (+0.17), MINT: 101.15 (+0.01), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
The Fed's $3.5T QE Purchases Have Generated $469B For The U.S. Treasury And Become One Of The Largest Sources Of Government Revenue
Mark J. Perry - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 6:23AM CST
(click to enlarge) The Federal Reserve just released its annual income statement for 2014 , including details on its annual distribution of "residual earnings" to the US Treasury. Last year the Fed earned net income of $101.5 billion,...
TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), MBG: 27.42 (+0.04), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), GNMA: 50.32 (-0.07), AGZ: 113.93 (-0.16), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10)
How Did We Get Here?
Auspex Research - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 10, 3:43PM CST
I was asked to write something for a friend who knows only a little about the stock market that gives my thoughts on the current economic environment given the fact that mainstream media is trumpeting the successes of this supposed strong economy. He...
TLH: 138.81 (+0.75), TBX: 29.67 (-0.08), DFVS: 32.05 (-0.45), TBZ: 29.05 (-0.17), DFVL: 64.14 (+1.16), DLBL: 76.53 (-0.18), SINF: 47.80 (unch), MBG: 27.42 (+0.04), TLO: 75.71 (+0.46), UBT: 87.85 (+1.14), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), STIP: 99.24 (+0.12), TBT: 41.44 (-0.47), RINF: 30.61 (+0.74), DLBS: 19.31 (-0.39), ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), ITE: 60.43 (+0.09), TYO: 17.21 (-0.19), TTT: 35.27 (-0.59), SCHO: 50.68 (+0.03), SCHP: 55.03 (+0.12), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), GSY: 50.03 (+0.03), SCHR: 54.29 (+0.17), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 85.70 (-2.97), TPS: 27.63 (+0.23), TYBS: 21.87 (+0.11), TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), IEI: 123.91 (+0.39), DTYL: 76.15 (+1.46), TYD: 47.64 (+0.71), IEF: 108.31 (+0.44), PST: 23.46 (-0.15), DTUS: 33.38 (-0.48), EDV: 132.00 (+0.92), GNMA: 50.32 (-0.07), DTYS: 19.36 (-0.62), TYNS: 30.32 (-0.09), TFLO: 50.04 (-0.09), TMV: 26.26 (-0.43), DTUL: 61.40 (-1.22), LTPZ: 69.43 (+0.37), VTIP: 48.36 (unch), SBND: 4.17 (-0.06), TBF: 23.84 (-0.13), TUZ: 50.97 (+0.02), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), VGLT: 80.81 (+0.37), TMF: 96.98 (+1.44), SHV: 110.26 (unch), SIPE: 19.40 (+0.08), FLAT: 61.82 (+0.25), USFR: 24.77 (-0.19), TIPX: 19.33 (+0.05), AGZ: 113.93 (-0.16), TDTF: 24.79 (+0.06), TIPZ: 57.81 (+0.17), INFL: 39.28 (unch), TDTT: 24.39 (+0.05), FIVZ: 80.31 (unch), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), VGIT: 65.27 (+0.21), IPE: 56.84 (+0.17), UST: 58.13 (+0.46), TENZ: 87.46 (+0.56), LBND: 60.76 (+0.90), STPP: 33.90 (-0.25), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), STPZ: 51.86 (+0.07), BIL: 45.73 (unch), SST: 30.26 (+0.02), VGSH: 61.06 (+0.05), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
Supply And Demand: Cross-Over Investments For Tax-Efficient Investors
Samson Capital Advisors - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Oct 25, 11:26AM CDT
[Originally published 8/25/2014] Since late 2010, municipal bonds have generally been cheaply valued versus taxable bonds, and it has been logical for tax-paying individuals to remain fully invested in municipals during this period. However, we may...
MBG: 27.42 (+0.04), MUB: 110.47 (-0.03), GNMA: 50.32 (-0.07), XMPT: 26.49 (+0.16), TFI: 24.20 (+0.03), AGZ: 113.93 (-0.16), FMB: 52.33 (-0.04), PVI: 24.94 (unch), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), RVNU: 26.43 (+0.09), VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), VRD: 29.91 (+0.02), PRB: 24.40 (+0.02), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), PZA: 25.57 (+0.08), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
GVI, BSV, PWZ, CISG, SSN, AGZ Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Tue Sep 30, 3:33AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of iShares Barclays Intermediate Govt/Credit Bd Fd (NYSE:GVI), Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSE:BSV), Powershares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSE
BSV: 80.40 (+0.15), GVI: 111.69 (+0.30), SSN: 0.18 (-0.01), PWZ: 25.85 (+0.08), AGZ: 113.93 (-0.16), CISG: 8.93 (+0.26)
LTRX, TIP, SEF, AGZ, KCC, SYMX Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Tue Sep 02, 9:38AM CDT
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TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), SEF: 17.19 (-0.22), KCC: 29.00 (unch), LTRX: 1.78 (-0.01), SYMX: 0.83 (unch), AGZ: 113.93 (-0.16)