Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Treasury 10-year note yields fell to a three-month low after a report showed payrolls climbed less than projected in September, indicating the U.S. economy had little momentum leading up to the...

Interest rates in the bond market have risen sharply since April of this year. US Treasury 10 Year Note yield rose from 1.614% in late April 2013 towards an intermediate peak of 2.984% in late August....

After breaking down in September, 10-year yields have crept up and kissed the backside of their 50-day moving average. From a reference perspective to the two previous cycles (94' and 04') in which...

What's New: The bond market is closed for Columbus Day while equity markets are nudging higher in anticipation of an end to the congressional stalemate on government closure and the debt ceiling. I've...

Bonds are in the news these days, and not necessarily for bullish reasons. Between the threat of rising interest rates and the possibility of a Treasury default in the US, the notion of fixed-income...

This Great Graphic shows the international holders of US Treasuries as of July. The graph was posted on CNNMoney. Of the roughly $5.6 trillion worth of Treasuries held abroad, $2.42 trillion, or about...

In recent trade, the benchmark 10-year note is yielding 2.60-2.65% with yields moving inversely to price. We've seen an uptick in prices in the last three weeks and, therefore, yields have...

Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond support at 129.24. If we continue lower look for 129.00 then a buying opportunity at 128.82/77. A low for the day is likely here but longs need stops below 128.65...

I just love this chart, but I don’t know of a good way to short municipal bonds. The bid/ask spread is wider than Roseanne Barr’s hips, and the borrow rate on the ETF -- if you can find...

You can’t call yourself a global macro trader until you have lost money shorting Japanese government bonds.-- John Mauldin delivered that one-liner, which he attributed to George Soros, in his...

Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond double top pattern triggered selling as predicted and we closed below support at 129.24. If we continue lower look for 129.00 then a buying opportunity at 128.82/77....

While strolling through charts -- which is pretty much all I do with my life -- I was struck by how amazing the High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) is lining up with its various trendlines. It completed a...