MBS Bond Ishares (MBB) 110.13 $MBB
MBB: ETF Inflow Alert
ETFChannel.com - Thu Mar 19, 9:50AM CDT
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MBS ETF where we have detected an approximate $43.9 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.6% increase week over...
MBB: 110.13 (+0.05)
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)
ProShares' Interest Rate Hedged HYHG Is An ETF Investors Should Consider
Dallas Salazar - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 6:25PM CST
ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), HYG: 90.44 (+0.70), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), HYHG: 72.90 (+0.35), BKLN: 24.01 (-0.02)
Zero Coupon ETF ZROZ Could Get Interesting Soon
Dallas Salazar - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 4:55PM CST
ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06)
iShares MBS ETF Should Report Its Second Consecutive Year Of Zero Total Return
Dallas Salazar - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 1:44PM CST
BLK: 378.64 (+8.69), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), LMBS: 50.97 (+0.38)
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)
Tracking Ken Fisher's Fisher Asset Management Portfolio - Q4 2014 Update
John Vincent - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 31, 9:54AM CST
UTX: 119.46 (+0.08), FBGX: 126.35 (+1.91), SCPB: 30.66 (+0.05), INTC: 31.31 (+0.57), GOOG: 560.36 (+2.37), SLB: 82.37 (+1.36), JPM: 61.75 (+0.55), HDB: 60.40 (-0.37), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), LYG: 4.85 (+0.14), MSFT: 42.88 (+0.60), CSCO: 28.44 (+0.18), BCS: 15.32 (+0.35), PFE: 34.25 (+0.10), WFC: 56.01 (+0.50), GSK: 48.81 (+0.60), NVO: 49.53 (+1.33), MRK: 58.58 (+0.37), CVX: 107.03 (+2.28), BRK.B: 145.53 (+0.65), NVS: 101.68 (+1.81), GE: 25.40 (+0.07), C: 52.98 (+0.60), XOM: 84.54 (+0.13), TM: 143.09 (+2.99), FIGY: 122.81 (+3.69), PEP: 95.34 (+1.24), JNJ: 102.40 (+0.71), AAWW: 47.17 (+0.24), V: 67.41 (+0.60), SAP: 72.76 (+2.45), QCOM: 70.04 (+0.21), GOOGL: 564.95 (+1.28), SNY: 50.64 (+1.17), AAPL: 125.90 (-1.60), KO: 40.65 (+0.63), AMZN: 378.49 (+5.25), HD: 117.49 (+2.33), AXP: 82.70 (+1.16), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), CS: 26.47 (+1.17), DIS: 108.43 (+1.06), HSBC: 43.56 (+0.99), TSM: 24.77 (+0.11), BAC: 15.84 (+0.23), ORCL: 44.41 (+0.25), HPY: 50.09 (+0.80), LQD: 121.49 (+0.34), RY: 60.76 (+1.48), PG: 84.74 (+1.36), CMCSA: 59.45 (+0.71), FLGE: 126.24 (+1.96)
Retirement: U.S. ETFs Catch Eye Of NorthCoast's Jamin
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jan 30, 5:32PM CST
NorthCoast Asset Management is betting on the U.S. As 2015 gets underway, NorthCoast's ETF retirement portfolios are rich with U.S. exchange traded funds. The strategy is based in part on macroeconomic sentiment. "The U.S. economy is strengthening,"...
IJR: 119.50 (+1.25), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), CLY: 62.70 (+0.11), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20)
Income plays not spared in selloff
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 3:05PM CST
NLY: 10.74 (+0.04), MORT: 24.28 (+0.19), ARR: 3.24 (+0.05), REM: 12.05 (+0.10), AGNC: 21.79 (+0.05), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), HTS: 18.71 (+0.30), WMC: 15.53 (+0.21), MORL: 20.92 (+0.33), AMTG: 16.34 (+0.38)
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)
The Cheapest Mortgage Fund Available
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 8:12AM CST
By Thomas Boccellari Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ: VMBS ) provides exposure to mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. mortgages agencies, such as Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae. As of October 2014, Agency MBS...
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), MBG: 27.42 (+0.04), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05)
First Trust Enters MBS Space with Low Duration ETF (LMBS) - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Nov 11, 7:00AM CST
First Trust is entering the mortgage backed security market with its newest fund, LMBS
VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), LMBS: 50.97 (+0.38)
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)
Prepare Your Portfolio For Market Turbulence
David Cretcher - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 21, 8:21AM CDT
TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), EDV: 132.00 (+0.92), HDGE: 10.95 (-0.12), PBP: 21.09 (+0.11), USDU: 28.43 (-0.39), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), BAB: 30.31 (+0.13), JNK: 39.13 (+0.28), LTPZ: 69.43 (+0.37), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), PFF: 40.05 (+0.14), PFXF: 20.78 (+0.11)
MBB: Large Inflows Detected at ETF
ETFChannel.com - Tue Sep 16, 10:00AM CDT
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MBS ETF where we have detected an approximate $53.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.9% increase week over...
MBB: 110.13 (+0.05)
FlexShare Adds to Their Lineup with New MBS ETF - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Thu Sep 11, 7:00AM CDT
FlexShares is getting into the mortgage backed security ETF market with its new fund, MBSD.
VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), MBSD: 25.27 (+0.09)
MBB: ETF Inflow Alert
ETFChannel.com - Thu Mar 19, 9:50AM CDT
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MBS ETF where we have detected an approximate $43.9 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.6% increase week over...
MBB: 110.13 (+0.05)
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)
ProShares' Interest Rate Hedged HYHG Is An ETF Investors Should Consider
Dallas Salazar - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 6:25PM CST
ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), HYG: 90.44 (+0.70), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), HYHG: 72.90 (+0.35), BKLN: 24.01 (-0.02)
Zero Coupon ETF ZROZ Could Get Interesting Soon
Dallas Salazar - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 4:55PM CST
ZROZ: 128.28 (+0.79), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06)
iShares MBS ETF Should Report Its Second Consecutive Year Of Zero Total Return
Dallas Salazar - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 1:44PM CST
BLK: 378.64 (+8.69), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), LMBS: 50.97 (+0.38)
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)
Tracking Ken Fisher's Fisher Asset Management Portfolio - Q4 2014 Update
John Vincent - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 31, 9:54AM CST
UTX: 119.46 (+0.08), FBGX: 126.35 (+1.91), SCPB: 30.66 (+0.05), INTC: 31.31 (+0.57), GOOG: 560.36 (+2.37), SLB: 82.37 (+1.36), JPM: 61.75 (+0.55), HDB: 60.40 (-0.37), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), LYG: 4.85 (+0.14), MSFT: 42.88 (+0.60), CSCO: 28.44 (+0.18), BCS: 15.32 (+0.35), PFE: 34.25 (+0.10), WFC: 56.01 (+0.50), GSK: 48.81 (+0.60), NVO: 49.53 (+1.33), MRK: 58.58 (+0.37), CVX: 107.03 (+2.28), BRK.B: 145.53 (+0.65), NVS: 101.68 (+1.81), GE: 25.40 (+0.07), C: 52.98 (+0.60), XOM: 84.54 (+0.13), TM: 143.09 (+2.99), FIGY: 122.81 (+3.69), PEP: 95.34 (+1.24), JNJ: 102.40 (+0.71), AAWW: 47.17 (+0.24), V: 67.41 (+0.60), SAP: 72.76 (+2.45), QCOM: 70.04 (+0.21), GOOGL: 564.95 (+1.28), SNY: 50.64 (+1.17), AAPL: 125.90 (-1.60), KO: 40.65 (+0.63), AMZN: 378.49 (+5.25), HD: 117.49 (+2.33), AXP: 82.70 (+1.16), FEEU: 115.60 (+6.09), CS: 26.47 (+1.17), DIS: 108.43 (+1.06), HSBC: 43.56 (+0.99), TSM: 24.77 (+0.11), BAC: 15.84 (+0.23), ORCL: 44.41 (+0.25), HPY: 50.09 (+0.80), LQD: 121.49 (+0.34), RY: 60.76 (+1.48), PG: 84.74 (+1.36), CMCSA: 59.45 (+0.71), FLGE: 126.24 (+1.96)
Retirement: U.S. ETFs Catch Eye Of NorthCoast's Jamin
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Jan 30, 5:32PM CST
NorthCoast Asset Management is betting on the U.S. As 2015 gets underway, NorthCoast's ETF retirement portfolios are rich with U.S. exchange traded funds. The strategy is based in part on macroeconomic sentiment. "The U.S. economy is strengthening,"...
IJR: 119.50 (+1.25), IEV: 45.29 (+1.11), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), CLY: 62.70 (+0.11), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20)
Income plays not spared in selloff
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 3:05PM CST
NLY: 10.74 (+0.04), MORT: 24.28 (+0.19), ARR: 3.24 (+0.05), REM: 12.05 (+0.10), AGNC: 21.79 (+0.05), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), HTS: 18.71 (+0.30), WMC: 15.53 (+0.21), MORL: 20.92 (+0.33), AMTG: 16.34 (+0.38)
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)
The Cheapest Mortgage Fund Available
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 8:12AM CST
By Thomas Boccellari Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (NASDAQ: VMBS ) provides exposure to mortgage-backed securities issued by U.S. mortgages agencies, such as Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae. As of October 2014, Agency MBS...
SCHZ: 52.83 (+0.13), VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), MBG: 27.42 (+0.04), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05)
First Trust Enters MBS Space with Low Duration ETF (LMBS) - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Nov 11, 7:00AM CST
First Trust is entering the mortgage backed security market with its newest fund, LMBS
VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), LMBS: 50.97 (+0.38)
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)
Prepare Your Portfolio For Market Turbulence
David Cretcher - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 21, 8:21AM CDT
TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), EDV: 132.00 (+0.92), HDGE: 10.95 (-0.12), PBP: 21.09 (+0.11), USDU: 28.43 (-0.39), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), BAB: 30.31 (+0.13), JNK: 39.13 (+0.28), LTPZ: 69.43 (+0.37), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), PFF: 40.05 (+0.14), PFXF: 20.78 (+0.11)
MBB: Large Inflows Detected at ETF
ETFChannel.com - Tue Sep 16, 10:00AM CDT
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MBS ETF where we have detected an approximate $53.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a 0.9% increase week over...
MBB: 110.13 (+0.05)
FlexShare Adds to Their Lineup with New MBS ETF - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Thu Sep 11, 7:00AM CDT
FlexShares is getting into the mortgage backed security ETF market with its new fund, MBSD.
VMBS: 53.31 (+0.04), MBB: 110.13 (+0.05), MBSD: 25.27 (+0.09)
