20+ Year Trsy Bond Ishares (TLT) 130.69 $TLT
Strong Labor Market Could Drive Better Economic Results
at The Street - 38 mins ago
Russell Price, senior economist for Ameriprise Financial, says the weather and strong dollar helped weigh down economic data, but an improving labor market and lower gas prices could help.
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20)
U.S. Stocks Have Potential, but International Equities Are More Attractive
at The Street - 1 hr 21 mins ago
David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial, says U.S. stocks could climb in the second half of the year, but he likes European and Japanese equities.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), DXJS: 33.97 (-0.18), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), EWU: 18.01 (-0.31), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
KISS Retirement Portfolio: My Retirement Portfolio
Robert Mattei - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:17PM CDT
VTV: 83.70 (-0.46), IJR: 118.03 (-0.46), VEA: 39.83 (-0.57), IWN: 103.21 (-0.25), IEFA: 58.49 (-0.89), SCHA: 57.58 (-0.23), IXUS: 55.40 (-0.59), SCHB: 50.48 (-0.38), SCHE: 24.36 (-0.08), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), IUSB: 102.75 (+0.19), VTI: 107.25 (-0.98), SCHH: 40.55 (-0.40), VB: 122.56 (-0.01), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), VBR: 109.40 (-0.21), SCHP: 54.92 (+0.14), IVE: 92.56 (-0.66), SCHR: 54.36 (+0.09), VNQ: 84.31 (-0.75), VXUS: 50.35 (-0.53), SCHV: 43.27 (-0.32), VGIT: 65.42 (+0.13), TIP: 113.59 (+0.26), SCHZ: 52.91 (+0.06), IEI: 124.17 (+0.23), EDV: 129.81 (+0.43), RWR: 94.57 (-0.87), VTIP: 48.46 (+0.06), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), VWO: 40.87 (-0.03), EFA: 64.17 (-1.01), BND: 83.37 (+0.09), IEMG: 48.33 (-0.15)
Health Care, Technology Stocks in Focus Going Into Quarter
at The Street - Tue Mar 31, 1:30PM CDT
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel sizes up the market going into the next quarter.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), INTC: 31.27 (-0.19), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), PCLN: 1,164.15 (+14.32), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), XLP: 48.74 (-0.46), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), IBM: 160.50 (-2.17), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TWTR: 50.08 (+0.19), SNDK: 63.62 (-1.36), CSCO: 27.52 (-0.13)
Treasurys set for fifth straight quarterly gain
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 9:03AM CDT
TLH: 138.57 (+0.23), TBX: 29.57 (-0.11), DFVS: 31.46 (-0.17), TBZ: 28.91 (unch), DFVL: 65.25 (-0.05), DLBL: 76.53 (-0.18), TLO: 75.22 (+0.16), UBT: 86.47 (+0.48), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), DLBS: 19.40 (-0.28), ZROZ: 125.71 (-0.83), ITE: 60.57 (+0.05), TYO: 17.11 (-0.15), TTT: 35.87 (-0.16), SCHR: 54.36 (+0.09), GSY: 50.06 (+0.01), SYTL: 89.34 (+3.64), TYBS: 21.98 (+0.14), FIVZ: 80.45 (-0.26), VGIT: 65.42 (+0.13), DTYL: 76.15 (+1.46), IEI: 124.17 (+0.23), TYD: 46.95 (-0.19), PST: 23.40 (-0.10), IEF: 108.39 (+0.28), UST: 58.04 (+0.27), TENZ: 87.29 (+0.07), EDV: 129.81 (+0.43), DTYS: 19.09 (-0.37), TYNS: 29.78 (-0.54), TMV: 26.70 (-0.17), LBND: 59.44 (-0.14), SBND: 4.27 (-0.03), TBF: 23.99 (-0.04), TAPR: 29.65 (+0.03), VGLT: 80.32 (+0.15), TMF: 94.96 (+0.62), PLW: 33.55 (+0.06), GOVT: 25.54 (+0.05)
Potential Chinese Stimulus Boosting Stocks, Consolidation in Food Industry to Continue
at The Street - Mon Mar 30, 3:25PM CDT
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' traders meet with leaders at the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Alternatives Conference in New York City to discuss different strategies.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), RH: 99.19 (+0.12), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), NKE: 100.33 (-0.56), GREK: 11.02 (+0.05), DKS: 56.99 (-0.95), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), KRFT: 87.11 (-3.50), DXJS: 33.97 (-0.18), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), FINL: 24.52 (-0.22), SJM: 115.73 (-1.40), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), UA: 80.75 (+0.84), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), EWU: 18.01 (-0.31), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), FL: 63.00 (-0.61), FXI: 44.40 (-0.34)
Bond Investors: Here’s How to Profit From Rising Interest Rates
Joe Tenebruso, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 30, 2:00PM CDT
Within Tier 1, the real-money portfolio I manage for The Motley Fool, I like to use a concept known as time arbitrage to my advantage. It has helped me earn a 128.93% return since Tier 1 was launched on Sept. 1, 2011, beating the S&P 500 by...
WFM: 52.08 (-0.27), LNKD: 249.86 (-5.33), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
Global Financial Markets Are More Distorted Than Ever Before - Felix Zulauf
BFI Capital - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 7:21AM CDT
Investors started off 2015 with a slow global economy, low oil prices, a strong dollar, and a deflationary Europe with great uncertainties on the progress of the U.S. economy and the recent launch of Europe's quantitative easing. The question is,...
FXCH: 78.96 (-0.44), USO: 16.84 (-0.39), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), FEZ: 38.82 (-0.56), DAX: 28.22 (-0.54), APB: 11.61 (+0.03), FXE: 105.71 (-0.61), USDU: 28.57 (+0.01), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
Who Wins March Madness In ETFs?
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 11:07AM CDT
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, which kicked in last week, will see the champion crowned on April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. True to what it is popularly hailed as,...
HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), ACWI: 60.02 (-0.62), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), VEA: 39.83 (-0.57), HEFA: 27.88 (-0.39), VIG: 80.47 (-0.77), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), PWC: 76.20 (-0.46), IWD: 103.08 (-0.79), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
The Bond Market Tells The Fed What To Do, Not Vice-Versa
David Merkel, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 7:43AM CDT
I was reading this article at Reuters , and musing at how ludicrous it is for the Fed to think that it can control the reaction of the bond market to tightening Fed policy, should it ever happen. The Fed has never been able to control the bond...
BOND: 110.13 (+0.08), TAPR: 29.65 (+0.03), TLO: 75.22 (+0.16), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), GOVT: 25.54 (+0.05), PLW: 33.55 (+0.06)
10-year yield holds below 2% as Yellen suggests rate hikes on the way
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 3:03PM CDT
TLH: 138.57 (+0.23), DLBL: 76.53 (-0.18), TLO: 75.22 (+0.16), TENZ: 87.29 (+0.07), EDV: 129.81 (+0.43), UBT: 86.47 (+0.48), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), TMV: 26.70 (-0.17), DLBS: 19.40 (-0.28), LBND: 59.44 (-0.14), ZROZ: 125.71 (-0.83), SBND: 4.27 (-0.03), TBF: 23.99 (-0.04), TTT: 35.87 (-0.16), VGLT: 80.32 (+0.15), TYBS: 21.98 (+0.14), TMF: 94.96 (+0.62)
Young Investors Should Hope for a Pullback Sooner Rather Than Later
at The Street - Fri Mar 27, 1:53PM CDT
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' traders discuss attributes young investors should look to develop for the markets, while a market pro weighs in with his top picks.
AMZN: 372.10 (-2.49), ZIOP: 10.77 (-0.84), XBI: 225.50 (+1.13), IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), INXN: 28.20 (+0.14), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), LEN: 51.81 (+0.32), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), XHB: 36.86 (+0.01), P: 16.21 (-0.18), GILD: 98.13 (-2.56), KITE: 57.68 (-2.30), PHM: 22.23 (-0.21), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), ITB: 28.23 (-0.03), JUNO: 60.66 (-0.09), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), KBH: 15.62 (-0.04), AAPL: 124.43 (-1.94), ZU: 12.99 (-0.38), BABA: 83.24 (-0.66)
The Fed Is Trapped
Harry Long - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 6:39AM CDT
VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
Lots To Worry About But Nothing To Fear?
The Inflation Trader - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 4:27AM CDT
As we tick towards the end of the quarter, the news feeds are starting to look like they occasionally do when we are having a big spike in volatility. We have the Greece deadline coming up. I don't think anyone knows exactly when Greece's finances...
MES: 26.00 (-0.22), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), GULF: 20.04 (+0.16), BOND: 110.13 (+0.08), GREK: 11.02 (+0.05), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund Falls 1.56% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 26, 3:45PM CDT
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX:TLT) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $129.18 to a high of $131.14. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $130.99 on volume of 9.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
After Yesterday's Decline of 1.56%, iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund Offers Investors Better Value
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 26, 3:45PM CDT
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX:TLT) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $129.18 to a high of $131.14. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $130.99 on volume of 9.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund After 1.56% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 26, 3:44PM CDT
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX:TLT) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $129.18 to a high of $131.14. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $130.99 on volume of 9.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
Long-end Treasury yields surge higher
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 26, 2:06PM CDT
TLH: 138.57 (+0.23), TBX: 29.57 (-0.11), DFVS: 31.46 (-0.17), TBZ: 28.91 (unch), DFVL: 65.25 (-0.05), DLBL: 76.53 (-0.18), TLO: 75.22 (+0.16), UBT: 86.47 (+0.48), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), DLBS: 19.40 (-0.28), ZROZ: 125.71 (-0.83), ITE: 60.57 (+0.05), TYO: 17.11 (-0.15), TTT: 35.87 (-0.16), GSY: 50.06 (+0.01), SCHR: 54.36 (+0.09), SYTL: 89.34 (+3.64), TYBS: 21.98 (+0.14), FIVZ: 80.45 (-0.26), VGIT: 65.42 (+0.13), DTYL: 76.15 (+1.46), IEI: 124.17 (+0.23), TYD: 46.95 (-0.19), PST: 23.40 (-0.10), IEF: 108.39 (+0.28), UST: 58.04 (+0.27), TENZ: 87.29 (+0.07), EDV: 129.81 (+0.43), DTYS: 19.09 (-0.37), TYNS: 29.78 (-0.54), TMV: 26.70 (-0.17), LBND: 59.44 (-0.14), SBND: 4.27 (-0.03), TBF: 23.99 (-0.04), VGLT: 80.32 (+0.15), TMF: 94.96 (+0.62)
Who Wins March Madness in ETFs? - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 26, 11:18AM CDT
We looked at four factors, namely economic conditions, monetary policies, fundamentals, and investment strategies to pick a winner among ETFs.
HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), PWC: 76.20 (-0.46), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), IWD: 103.08 (-0.79), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), VEA: 39.83 (-0.57), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Strong Labor Market Could Drive Better Economic Results
at The Street - 38 mins ago
Russell Price, senior economist for Ameriprise Financial, says the weather and strong dollar helped weigh down economic data, but an improving labor market and lower gas prices could help.
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20)
U.S. Stocks Have Potential, but International Equities Are More Attractive
at The Street - 1 hr 21 mins ago
David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial, says U.S. stocks could climb in the second half of the year, but he likes European and Japanese equities.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), DXJS: 33.97 (-0.18), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), EWU: 18.01 (-0.31), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
KISS Retirement Portfolio: My Retirement Portfolio
Robert Mattei - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:17PM CDT
VTV: 83.70 (-0.46), IJR: 118.03 (-0.46), VEA: 39.83 (-0.57), IWN: 103.21 (-0.25), IEFA: 58.49 (-0.89), SCHA: 57.58 (-0.23), IXUS: 55.40 (-0.59), SCHB: 50.48 (-0.38), SCHE: 24.36 (-0.08), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), IUSB: 102.75 (+0.19), VTI: 107.25 (-0.98), SCHH: 40.55 (-0.40), VB: 122.56 (-0.01), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), VBR: 109.40 (-0.21), SCHP: 54.92 (+0.14), IVE: 92.56 (-0.66), SCHR: 54.36 (+0.09), VNQ: 84.31 (-0.75), VXUS: 50.35 (-0.53), SCHV: 43.27 (-0.32), VGIT: 65.42 (+0.13), TIP: 113.59 (+0.26), SCHZ: 52.91 (+0.06), IEI: 124.17 (+0.23), EDV: 129.81 (+0.43), RWR: 94.57 (-0.87), VTIP: 48.46 (+0.06), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), VWO: 40.87 (-0.03), EFA: 64.17 (-1.01), BND: 83.37 (+0.09), IEMG: 48.33 (-0.15)
Health Care, Technology Stocks in Focus Going Into Quarter
at The Street - Tue Mar 31, 1:30PM CDT
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel sizes up the market going into the next quarter.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), INTC: 31.27 (-0.19), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), PCLN: 1,164.15 (+14.32), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), XLP: 48.74 (-0.46), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), IBM: 160.50 (-2.17), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TWTR: 50.08 (+0.19), SNDK: 63.62 (-1.36), CSCO: 27.52 (-0.13)
Treasurys set for fifth straight quarterly gain
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 9:03AM CDT
TLH: 138.57 (+0.23), TBX: 29.57 (-0.11), DFVS: 31.46 (-0.17), TBZ: 28.91 (unch), DFVL: 65.25 (-0.05), DLBL: 76.53 (-0.18), TLO: 75.22 (+0.16), UBT: 86.47 (+0.48), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), DLBS: 19.40 (-0.28), ZROZ: 125.71 (-0.83), ITE: 60.57 (+0.05), TYO: 17.11 (-0.15), TTT: 35.87 (-0.16), SCHR: 54.36 (+0.09), GSY: 50.06 (+0.01), SYTL: 89.34 (+3.64), TYBS: 21.98 (+0.14), FIVZ: 80.45 (-0.26), VGIT: 65.42 (+0.13), DTYL: 76.15 (+1.46), IEI: 124.17 (+0.23), TYD: 46.95 (-0.19), PST: 23.40 (-0.10), IEF: 108.39 (+0.28), UST: 58.04 (+0.27), TENZ: 87.29 (+0.07), EDV: 129.81 (+0.43), DTYS: 19.09 (-0.37), TYNS: 29.78 (-0.54), TMV: 26.70 (-0.17), LBND: 59.44 (-0.14), SBND: 4.27 (-0.03), TBF: 23.99 (-0.04), TAPR: 29.65 (+0.03), VGLT: 80.32 (+0.15), TMF: 94.96 (+0.62), PLW: 33.55 (+0.06), GOVT: 25.54 (+0.05)
Potential Chinese Stimulus Boosting Stocks, Consolidation in Food Industry to Continue
at The Street - Mon Mar 30, 3:25PM CDT
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' traders meet with leaders at the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Alternatives Conference in New York City to discuss different strategies.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), RH: 99.19 (+0.12), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), NKE: 100.33 (-0.56), GREK: 11.02 (+0.05), DKS: 56.99 (-0.95), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), KRFT: 87.11 (-3.50), DXJS: 33.97 (-0.18), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), FINL: 24.52 (-0.22), SJM: 115.73 (-1.40), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), UA: 80.75 (+0.84), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), EWU: 18.01 (-0.31), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), FL: 63.00 (-0.61), FXI: 44.40 (-0.34)
Bond Investors: Here’s How to Profit From Rising Interest Rates
Joe Tenebruso, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 30, 2:00PM CDT
Within Tier 1, the real-money portfolio I manage for The Motley Fool, I like to use a concept known as time arbitrage to my advantage. It has helped me earn a 128.93% return since Tier 1 was launched on Sept. 1, 2011, beating the S&P 500 by...
WFM: 52.08 (-0.27), LNKD: 249.86 (-5.33), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
Global Financial Markets Are More Distorted Than Ever Before - Felix Zulauf
BFI Capital - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 7:21AM CDT
Investors started off 2015 with a slow global economy, low oil prices, a strong dollar, and a deflationary Europe with great uncertainties on the progress of the U.S. economy and the recent launch of Europe's quantitative easing. The question is,...
FXCH: 78.96 (-0.44), USO: 16.84 (-0.39), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), FEZ: 38.82 (-0.56), DAX: 28.22 (-0.54), APB: 11.61 (+0.03), FXE: 105.71 (-0.61), USDU: 28.57 (+0.01), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
Who Wins March Madness In ETFs?
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 11:07AM CDT
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, which kicked in last week, will see the champion crowned on April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. True to what it is popularly hailed as,...
HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), ACWI: 60.02 (-0.62), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), VEA: 39.83 (-0.57), HEFA: 27.88 (-0.39), VIG: 80.47 (-0.77), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), PWC: 76.20 (-0.46), IWD: 103.08 (-0.79), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
The Bond Market Tells The Fed What To Do, Not Vice-Versa
David Merkel, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 7:43AM CDT
I was reading this article at Reuters , and musing at how ludicrous it is for the Fed to think that it can control the reaction of the bond market to tightening Fed policy, should it ever happen. The Fed has never been able to control the bond...
BOND: 110.13 (+0.08), TAPR: 29.65 (+0.03), TLO: 75.22 (+0.16), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), GOVT: 25.54 (+0.05), PLW: 33.55 (+0.06)
10-year yield holds below 2% as Yellen suggests rate hikes on the way
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 3:03PM CDT
TLH: 138.57 (+0.23), DLBL: 76.53 (-0.18), TLO: 75.22 (+0.16), TENZ: 87.29 (+0.07), EDV: 129.81 (+0.43), UBT: 86.47 (+0.48), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), TMV: 26.70 (-0.17), DLBS: 19.40 (-0.28), LBND: 59.44 (-0.14), ZROZ: 125.71 (-0.83), SBND: 4.27 (-0.03), TBF: 23.99 (-0.04), TTT: 35.87 (-0.16), VGLT: 80.32 (+0.15), TYBS: 21.98 (+0.14), TMF: 94.96 (+0.62)
Young Investors Should Hope for a Pullback Sooner Rather Than Later
at The Street - Fri Mar 27, 1:53PM CDT
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' traders discuss attributes young investors should look to develop for the markets, while a market pro weighs in with his top picks.
AMZN: 372.10 (-2.49), ZIOP: 10.77 (-0.84), XBI: 225.50 (+1.13), IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), INXN: 28.20 (+0.14), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), LEN: 51.81 (+0.32), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), XHB: 36.86 (+0.01), P: 16.21 (-0.18), GILD: 98.13 (-2.56), KITE: 57.68 (-2.30), PHM: 22.23 (-0.21), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), ITB: 28.23 (-0.03), JUNO: 60.66 (-0.09), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), KBH: 15.62 (-0.04), AAPL: 124.43 (-1.94), ZU: 12.99 (-0.38), BABA: 83.24 (-0.66)
The Fed Is Trapped
Harry Long - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 6:39AM CDT
VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
Lots To Worry About But Nothing To Fear?
The Inflation Trader - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 4:27AM CDT
As we tick towards the end of the quarter, the news feeds are starting to look like they occasionally do when we are having a big spike in volatility. We have the Greece deadline coming up. I don't think anyone knows exactly when Greece's finances...
MES: 26.00 (-0.22), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), GULF: 20.04 (+0.16), BOND: 110.13 (+0.08), GREK: 11.02 (+0.05), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund Falls 1.56% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 26, 3:45PM CDT
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX:TLT) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $129.18 to a high of $131.14. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $130.99 on volume of 9.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
After Yesterday's Decline of 1.56%, iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund Offers Investors Better Value
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 26, 3:45PM CDT
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX:TLT) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $129.18 to a high of $131.14. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $130.99 on volume of 9.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund After 1.56% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 26, 3:44PM CDT
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (AMEX:TLT) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $129.18 to a high of $131.14. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.6%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $130.99 on volume of 9.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
TLT: 130.69 (+0.28)
Long-end Treasury yields surge higher
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