Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Caldan Partners: The surge in US corporate debt issuance has cast gloom over capitol hill as regulators are concerned that a prolonged period of low interest rates is masking underlying default risk....

I am in awe at how little extra yield investors are willing to take for junk bonds vs AAA-rated Bonds. BBB-rated bonds are just a step away from junk. If you count BBB- then its two...

The 10 year U.S. notes are currently recovering in five waves, up from the 127.31 area, which gives us an idea that the trend is turning bullish. We also see a break above the upper trend line...

The total of global bonds on negative yields has fallen from a peak of $17 trillion to “only” $12 trillion, but there is no guarantee that this trend will continue given the...

Most of the major asset classes lost ground last week, according to a set of exchange-traded funds. Bucking the downside trend: US investment-grade bonds and foreign real estate shares. Otherwise, red...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators pushed their bearish net positions higher in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest...

Are junk bonds about to send stocks an important message? It looks like it based on this chart Junk Bond ETF JNK has created a series of lower highs and lower lows over the past couple of...

SummaryHomebuilders are feeling very confident.China is cutting rates.The upward trend continues.Homebuilders are feeling confident (emphasis added): Builder confidence in the market for newly-built...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators decreased their bearish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets for the first time in three weeks,...

Earlier in the week with yields sitting at 1.94%, we pondered whether or not 10-Year yields could push above 2%. Currently that answer is no, as price has broken back through support at 1.91% and is...

Do you know what’s in your bond fund’s portfolio? A recent study finds that a surprisingly large number of funds are fudging the data. As a result, one or more of the bond mutual funds you...

Yield has been in a bear market for 38 years. Is that about to end? The 10-Year Treasury yield has backed up from the Sept.-Oct. lows at 1.43% and 1.51% to a high at 1.97% last week. Is this a mere...

Bonds Market, Stock Market And How They Connect As you can see, US and German Bonds are moving more or less together and the same thing is with US and German stocks. Of course, there are no perfect...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators sharply increased their bearish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to the...