7-10 Yr Trsy Ishares (IEF) 106.58 $IEF
Noteworthy ETF Inflows: IEF
ETFChannel.com - Mon Aug 24, 10:36AM CDT
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF where we have detected an approximate $85.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.2%...
IEF: 106.58 (-0.66)
BUYINS.NET: VHT, VDC, GME, LQD, FGP, IEF Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Up In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Mon Aug 03, 6:37AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of Vanguard Health Care Etf (NYSE:VHT), Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSE:VDC), GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME), Ishares Iboxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond Fund (NYSE:LQD), Ferrellgas Partners LP (NYSE:FGP), iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (NYSE:IEF) and each have a high seasonal probability to go Up in the next weeks. By identifying stocks that are poised to go up or down based on seasonal tendencies, traders can increase their odds of making money. SqueezeTrigger.com is able to analyze over 20 years of data in less than 1 second for any stock in the market and determine if the stock has a long or short seasonal bias, how many trading days the move is expected to last, the probability of that move and the percentage move the stock is expected to make based on the seasonal bias. The technology used to generate these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at:
VDC: 122.87 (+3.51), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), GME: 45.36 (+1.47), LQD: 115.03 (-0.07), FGP: 21.74 (+0.49), VHT: 132.54 (+5.33)
A Look At The Condition Of Prices That Will Absorb The Greek Referendum Results
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jul 04, 12:59PM CDT
It is difficult to make much sense of the short-term price action in the foreign exchange market spurred by this or that headline about Greece. On the week, the euro lost about 0.6% against the dollar but outperformed the other major currencies save...
TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), GREK: 9.36 (+0.42), FXA: 71.20 (-0.21), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), FXB: 151.67 (-2.16), OIL: 7.19 (+0.03), FXC: 74.57 (+0.12), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), FXE: 111.22 (-1.54), FXF: 101.62 (-1.41), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), TYD: 46.65 (unch), DIG: 31.09 (+1.58), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), FXY: 80.97 (-0.69), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), UUP: 24.86 (+0.30), UDN: 22.22 (-0.30)
Oil's Collapse Is Accompanied By Consumer Goods Decline
Jay Taylor - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jul 04, 3:51AM CDT
David Jensen passed along the following charts to me and to our group on June 15. This chart of Light Crude shows a coincident decline in oil during the same timeframe as the Manufacturer's New Orders declined in late 2014: (click to enlarge) ...
USO: 12.77 (+0.04), DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), GLD: 107.67 (-1.49), OIL: 7.19 (+0.03), BNO: 15.20 (+0.23), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40)
Tactical Asset Allocation - July 2015 Update
Paul Novell - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 2:45PM CDT
Here are the tactical asset allocation updates for July 2015. All portfolio updates are online as part of Paul's GTAA 13 Portfolio New sheet. First, for the basic portfolios - the GTAA5 and the Permanent Portfolio. There was one change in the...
VTI: 100.47 (+3.52), VTV: 77.77 (+2.78), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), VBR: 98.94 (+2.38), VGLT: 75.53 (-1.25), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Will The Turmoil In Greece Delay The First U.S. Rate Hike?
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 2:16AM CDT
The escalating Greek crisis has raised new questions about the timing of the Federal Reserve's plans for the first US rate hike since 2006. But by some accounts, it's still mostly noise on this side of the Atlantic. "This isn't a 'watch Greece'...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), GREK: 9.36 (+0.42), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Taper Tantrum II: Another Fixed-Income Buying Opportunity?
George Kiraly Jr. - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 9:52PM CDT
Another buying opportunity may have arrived for fixed income investors. If you haven't noticed, a bond rout is on! The last great buying opportunity for fixed income securities occurred during the May through October timeframe in 2013. Yields on the...
IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), DTUS: 30.42 (+0.02), BUI: 17.36 (+0.09), UPW: 85.78 (+2.35), SDP: 53.97 (-0.40), FXU: 22.26 (+0.32), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), FUTY: 27.18 (+0.46), GUT: 5.97 (-0.04), DTUL: 66.22 (+1.96), RYU: 70.22 (+0.97), UTG: 27.00 (+0.25), IDU: 106.31 (+1.74), SCHO: 50.73 (unch), TUZ: 51.01 (-0.03), SHY: 84.84 (-0.05), VPU: 91.81 (+1.53), BIL: 45.71 (+0.01), SST: 30.30 (+0.01), VGSH: 61.13 (-0.02), SHV: 110.28 (unch)
2015 Second Half Outlook: Quadrophobia
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 4:55PM CDT
XLB: 41.83 (+1.10), EWH: 19.24 (+0.31), HYG: 85.64 (+0.71), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), UUP: 24.86 (+0.30), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), XLP: 47.05 (+1.35), IYZ: 28.01 (+0.71), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), GLD: 107.67 (-1.49), XLI: 50.51 (+1.53), BIL: 45.71 (+0.01), BKLN: 23.26 (+0.08), FXE: 111.22 (-1.54), XLE: 61.26 (+2.04), FXI: 35.79 (+0.78), GXC: 69.32 (+1.66)
Another Greek Weekend Ahead
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 1:38AM CDT
It's not a leap to suggest investors are nervous about another Greek weekend ahead to break the negotiating stand-off. Each side states they don't want to be blackmailed which is more bluster for the home audience. Will some settlement be achieved?...
XLB: 41.83 (+1.10), EWH: 19.24 (+0.31), KBE: 32.80 (+1.19), PEK: 37.86 (+0.05), CNXT: 32.62 (-0.49), GREK: 9.36 (+0.42), FXA: 71.20 (-0.21), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), EEM: 32.77 (+1.05), XLP: 47.05 (+1.35), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), ITB: 27.04 (+0.66), EWA: 18.88 (+0.51), IYR: 70.57 (+1.72), XLI: 50.51 (+1.53), SLV: 13.56 (-0.43), FXE: 111.22 (-1.54), XLF: 23.17 (+0.84), IYT: 137.95 (+3.81), GDX: 13.04 (-0.63), XLE: 61.26 (+2.04), FXI: 35.79 (+0.78), TIP: 110.82 (-0.67), USO: 12.77 (+0.04), DBB: 12.51 (-0.19), DBC: 14.41 (-0.09), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), DBA: 20.68 (-0.09), XLY: 73.80 (+2.70), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), HAO: 22.87 (+0.73), UUP: 24.86 (+0.30), XRT: 91.34 (+3.19), IEV: 41.46 (+0.68), LQD: 115.03 (-0.07), GLD: 107.67 (-1.49), EPI: 19.50 (+0.54), RSX: 15.22 (+0.55), EFA: 59.78 (+1.38), EWZ: 24.76 (+0.96)
Should You Worry About Rising Bond Yields
Adam Freedman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 3:24PM CDT
Originally published on May 15, 2015 2015 hasn't been a great year for bonds. While US stocks have returned more than 4% since the start of the year and international stocks have done even better, US investment grade bonds are essentially flat. And...
IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), UST: 56.60 (-0.65)
Will The U.S. Treasury Market Get A Summer Vacation?
Brian Romanchuk - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jun 21, 6:09AM CDT
Despite rather panic-stricken headlines about bond market volatility, the 10-year Treasury Note yield is at a level which we saw in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and almost in 2010. I was trained to call this a "trading range", but it is clear...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), SINF: 47.80 (unch), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), RINF: 29.49 (+0.66), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Rate Hikes Without Supporting Data?
James Picerno - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 18, 9:28PM CDT
The Federal Reserve is talking about raising interest rates, but it's also lowering growth expectations. No wonder the market is uninspired to do much of anything at the moment. The benchmark 10-year yield was unchanged yesterday at 2.32%, based on...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Fed economic projections little-changed from March; expected pace of hikes slows
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 17, 1:14PM CDT
TLH: 135.14 (-1.38), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), DLBL: 76.73 (+1.69), TLO: 70.63 (-1.29), UBT: 75.25 (-3.37), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), TBT: 45.18 (+1.76), DLBS: 21.96 (+0.97), ZROZ: 112.20 (-4.07), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), SCHO: 50.73 (unch), TTT: 39.47 (+2.27), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), TYBS: 22.75 (+0.82), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18), DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TYD: 46.65 (unch), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), DTUS: 30.42 (+0.02), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), TENZ: 85.78 (-1.12), EDV: 117.60 (-3.37), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), TMV: 29.30 (+1.65), DTUL: 66.22 (+1.96), LBND: 52.09 (unch), SBND: 4.85 (+0.28), TBF: 25.02 (+0.52), TUZ: 51.01 (-0.03), SHY: 84.84 (-0.05), BIL: 45.71 (+0.01), VGLT: 75.53 (-1.25), SST: 30.30 (+0.01), VGSH: 61.13 (-0.02), TMF: 76.58 (-4.79), SHV: 110.28 (unch)
Predicting Bond Returns For The Next Decade
Novel Investor - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 17, 12:24PM CDT
Two questions being asked right now about bonds is when will interest rates rise and how will it affect bond performance? Of course, these questions aren't unique to today. Investors always ask about interest rates and the potential impact to bond...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Return Of The Bond Market Vigilantes?
Cam Hui, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 17, 6:53AM CDT
As we await the FOMC statement and the Janet Yellen press conference after the FOMC meeting, I thought that I would highlight the results of the latest BoAML Fund Manager Survey (FMS). A review of the FMS indicates that institutional managers...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), SINF: 47.80 (unch), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), RINF: 29.49 (+0.66), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Sky High Valuations? Lusterless Economy? It Just Doesn't Matter!
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 16, 2:13PM CDT
Several years ago, Rolling Stone ranked the 10 best movies by former cast members of Saturday Night Live. Bill Murray barely made the list with Rushmore - an offbeat comedy from the late 90s. I remember thinking that Murray had been cheated in the...
IEF: 106.58 (-0.66)
Money pours into Treasurys on Greek jitters, soft economic data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 15, 8:27AM CDT
TLH: 135.14 (-1.38), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), FEZ: 35.79 (+0.79), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), DLBL: 76.73 (+1.69), TLO: 70.63 (-1.29), UBT: 75.25 (-3.37), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), TBT: 45.18 (+1.76), DLBS: 21.96 (+0.97), ZROZ: 112.20 (-4.07), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), TTT: 39.47 (+2.27), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), TYBS: 22.75 (+0.82), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18), DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TYD: 46.65 (unch), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), TENZ: 85.78 (-1.12), EDV: 117.60 (-3.37), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), TMV: 29.30 (+1.65), LBND: 52.09 (unch), SBND: 4.85 (+0.28), TBF: 25.02 (+0.52), VGLT: 75.53 (-1.25), TMF: 76.58 (-4.79)
Dollar Tone Heavy; Can FOMC Lift It?
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 13, 9:47AM CDT
After the strong US jobs data, there was no follow through buying of the dollar. The greenback fell against all the major currencies last week, save the New Zealand dollar, where the central bank cut rates and signaled the likelihood of another one....
TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), FXA: 71.20 (-0.21), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), FXB: 151.67 (-2.16), OIL: 7.19 (+0.03), FXC: 74.57 (+0.12), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), FXE: 111.22 (-1.54), FXF: 101.62 (-1.41), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), TYD: 46.65 (unch), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), DIG: 31.09 (+1.58), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), FXY: 80.97 (-0.69), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), GGOV: 37.38 (-0.62), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), BUNT: 47.53 (-0.79), BUNL: 27.04 (-0.36)
Trying To Hedge 7-10 Bond Yields? Consider TBX
Jonathan Prather - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 12, 1:45PM CDT
TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66)
Noteworthy ETF Inflows: IEF
ETFChannel.com - Mon Aug 24, 10:36AM CDT
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF where we have detected an approximate $85.8 million dollar inflow -- that's a 1.2%...
IEF: 106.58 (-0.66)
BUYINS.NET: VHT, VDC, GME, LQD, FGP, IEF Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Up In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Mon Aug 03, 6:37AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of Vanguard Health Care Etf (NYSE:VHT), Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (NYSE:VDC), GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME), Ishares Iboxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond Fund (NYSE:LQD), Ferrellgas Partners LP (NYSE:FGP), iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (NYSE:IEF) and each have a high seasonal probability to go Up in the next weeks. By identifying stocks that are poised to go up or down based on seasonal tendencies, traders can increase their odds of making money. SqueezeTrigger.com is able to analyze over 20 years of data in less than 1 second for any stock in the market and determine if the stock has a long or short seasonal bias, how many trading days the move is expected to last, the probability of that move and the percentage move the stock is expected to make based on the seasonal bias. The technology used to generate these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at:
VDC: 122.87 (+3.51), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), GME: 45.36 (+1.47), LQD: 115.03 (-0.07), FGP: 21.74 (+0.49), VHT: 132.54 (+5.33)
A Look At The Condition Of Prices That Will Absorb The Greek Referendum Results
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jul 04, 12:59PM CDT
It is difficult to make much sense of the short-term price action in the foreign exchange market spurred by this or that headline about Greece. On the week, the euro lost about 0.6% against the dollar but outperformed the other major currencies save...
TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), GREK: 9.36 (+0.42), FXA: 71.20 (-0.21), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), FXB: 151.67 (-2.16), OIL: 7.19 (+0.03), FXC: 74.57 (+0.12), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), FXE: 111.22 (-1.54), FXF: 101.62 (-1.41), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), TYD: 46.65 (unch), DIG: 31.09 (+1.58), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), FXY: 80.97 (-0.69), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), UUP: 24.86 (+0.30), UDN: 22.22 (-0.30)
Oil's Collapse Is Accompanied By Consumer Goods Decline
Jay Taylor - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jul 04, 3:51AM CDT
David Jensen passed along the following charts to me and to our group on June 15. This chart of Light Crude shows a coincident decline in oil during the same timeframe as the Manufacturer's New Orders declined in late 2014: (click to enlarge) ...
USO: 12.77 (+0.04), DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), GLD: 107.67 (-1.49), OIL: 7.19 (+0.03), BNO: 15.20 (+0.23), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40)
Tactical Asset Allocation - July 2015 Update
Paul Novell - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 2:45PM CDT
Here are the tactical asset allocation updates for July 2015. All portfolio updates are online as part of Paul's GTAA 13 Portfolio New sheet. First, for the basic portfolios - the GTAA5 and the Permanent Portfolio. There was one change in the...
VTI: 100.47 (+3.52), VTV: 77.77 (+2.78), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), VBR: 98.94 (+2.38), VGLT: 75.53 (-1.25), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Will The Turmoil In Greece Delay The First U.S. Rate Hike?
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 2:16AM CDT
The escalating Greek crisis has raised new questions about the timing of the Federal Reserve's plans for the first US rate hike since 2006. But by some accounts, it's still mostly noise on this side of the Atlantic. "This isn't a 'watch Greece'...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), GREK: 9.36 (+0.42), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Taper Tantrum II: Another Fixed-Income Buying Opportunity?
George Kiraly Jr. - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 9:52PM CDT
Another buying opportunity may have arrived for fixed income investors. If you haven't noticed, a bond rout is on! The last great buying opportunity for fixed income securities occurred during the May through October timeframe in 2013. Yields on the...
IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), DTUS: 30.42 (+0.02), BUI: 17.36 (+0.09), UPW: 85.78 (+2.35), SDP: 53.97 (-0.40), FXU: 22.26 (+0.32), XLU: 42.78 (+0.75), FUTY: 27.18 (+0.46), GUT: 5.97 (-0.04), DTUL: 66.22 (+1.96), RYU: 70.22 (+0.97), UTG: 27.00 (+0.25), IDU: 106.31 (+1.74), SCHO: 50.73 (unch), TUZ: 51.01 (-0.03), SHY: 84.84 (-0.05), VPU: 91.81 (+1.53), BIL: 45.71 (+0.01), SST: 30.30 (+0.01), VGSH: 61.13 (-0.02), SHV: 110.28 (unch)
2015 Second Half Outlook: Quadrophobia
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 4:55PM CDT
XLB: 41.83 (+1.10), EWH: 19.24 (+0.31), HYG: 85.64 (+0.71), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), UUP: 24.86 (+0.30), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), XLP: 47.05 (+1.35), IYZ: 28.01 (+0.71), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), GLD: 107.67 (-1.49), XLI: 50.51 (+1.53), BIL: 45.71 (+0.01), BKLN: 23.26 (+0.08), FXE: 111.22 (-1.54), XLE: 61.26 (+2.04), FXI: 35.79 (+0.78), GXC: 69.32 (+1.66)
Another Greek Weekend Ahead
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 1:38AM CDT
It's not a leap to suggest investors are nervous about another Greek weekend ahead to break the negotiating stand-off. Each side states they don't want to be blackmailed which is more bluster for the home audience. Will some settlement be achieved?...
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Should You Worry About Rising Bond Yields
Adam Freedman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 3:24PM CDT
Originally published on May 15, 2015 2015 hasn't been a great year for bonds. While US stocks have returned more than 4% since the start of the year and international stocks have done even better, US investment grade bonds are essentially flat. And...
IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), UST: 56.60 (-0.65)
Will The U.S. Treasury Market Get A Summer Vacation?
Brian Romanchuk - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jun 21, 6:09AM CDT
Despite rather panic-stricken headlines about bond market volatility, the 10-year Treasury Note yield is at a level which we saw in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and almost in 2010. I was trained to call this a "trading range", but it is clear...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), SINF: 47.80 (unch), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), RINF: 29.49 (+0.66), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Rate Hikes Without Supporting Data?
James Picerno - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 18, 9:28PM CDT
The Federal Reserve is talking about raising interest rates, but it's also lowering growth expectations. No wonder the market is uninspired to do much of anything at the moment. The benchmark 10-year yield was unchanged yesterday at 2.32%, based on...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Fed economic projections little-changed from March; expected pace of hikes slows
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 17, 1:14PM CDT
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Predicting Bond Returns For The Next Decade
Novel Investor - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 17, 12:24PM CDT
Two questions being asked right now about bonds is when will interest rates rise and how will it affect bond performance? Of course, these questions aren't unique to today. Investors always ask about interest rates and the potential impact to bond...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Return Of The Bond Market Vigilantes?
Cam Hui, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 17, 6:53AM CDT
As we await the FOMC statement and the Janet Yellen press conference after the FOMC meeting, I thought that I would highlight the results of the latest BoAML Fund Manager Survey (FMS). A review of the FMS indicates that institutional managers...
DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TYD: 46.65 (unch), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), SINF: 47.80 (unch), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), RINF: 29.49 (+0.66), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18)
Sky High Valuations? Lusterless Economy? It Just Doesn't Matter!
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 16, 2:13PM CDT
Several years ago, Rolling Stone ranked the 10 best movies by former cast members of Saturday Night Live. Bill Murray barely made the list with Rushmore - an offbeat comedy from the late 90s. I remember thinking that Murray had been cheated in the...
IEF: 106.58 (-0.66)
Money pours into Treasurys on Greek jitters, soft economic data
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 15, 8:27AM CDT
TLH: 135.14 (-1.38), TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), FEZ: 35.79 (+0.79), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), DLBL: 76.73 (+1.69), TLO: 70.63 (-1.29), UBT: 75.25 (-3.37), TLT: 121.93 (-2.40), TBT: 45.18 (+1.76), DLBS: 21.96 (+0.97), ZROZ: 112.20 (-4.07), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), TTT: 39.47 (+2.27), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), TYBS: 22.75 (+0.82), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18), DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), TYD: 46.65 (unch), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), TENZ: 85.78 (-1.12), EDV: 117.60 (-3.37), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), TMV: 29.30 (+1.65), LBND: 52.09 (unch), SBND: 4.85 (+0.28), TBF: 25.02 (+0.52), VGLT: 75.53 (-1.25), TMF: 76.58 (-4.79)
Dollar Tone Heavy; Can FOMC Lift It?
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 13, 9:47AM CDT
After the strong US jobs data, there was no follow through buying of the dollar. The greenback fell against all the major currencies last week, save the New Zealand dollar, where the central bank cut rates and signaled the likelihood of another one....
TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), DFVS: 30.13 (+0.85), TBZ: 28.12 (+0.05), DFVL: 65.55 (-0.45), FXA: 71.20 (-0.21), SPY: 194.46 (+7.19), TYO: 17.04 (+0.15), ITE: 60.30 (-0.12), FXB: 151.67 (-2.16), OIL: 7.19 (+0.03), FXC: 74.57 (+0.12), SCHR: 54.05 (-0.16), GSY: 50.07 (+0.05), FXE: 111.22 (-1.54), FXF: 101.62 (-1.41), SYTL: 44.28 (unch), FIVZ: 80.39 (-0.28), VGIT: 65.00 (-0.18), IEI: 123.76 (-0.32), DTYL: 75.03 (+0.70), TYD: 46.65 (unch), PST: 23.49 (+0.29), DIG: 31.09 (+1.58), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66), UST: 56.60 (-0.65), FXY: 80.97 (-0.69), DTYS: 19.60 (+0.76), GGOV: 37.38 (-0.62), TYNS: 29.83 (-0.05), BUNT: 47.53 (-0.79), BUNL: 27.04 (-0.36)
Trying To Hedge 7-10 Bond Yields? Consider TBX
Jonathan Prather - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 12, 1:45PM CDT
TBX: 29.65 (+0.24), IEF: 106.58 (-0.66)
