Bonds Analysis & Opinion

This is a look at two ETFs: the granddaddy of them all, SPDR® S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) (the S&P 500) and the high-yield corporate fund symbol iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF...

Today is the big day, of course. Powell time again. Two hours before the market closes, the announcement rolls out, and half an hour later, the Fed chair does his press conference.As always, caution...

When studying Bond Management, and Money and Banking and the like in business school and the CFA program, the one thing that always stuck out to me in terms of academic discussions of inflation and...

Finding a respectable yield in the global markets hasn’t been easy in recent years and nothing’s changed in 2021. This is a bit surprising when you consider that interest rates have been...

After a trending decline that was stronger than expected, and with FOMC scheduled this week, we are watching for a possible bounce from a support area in treasury bond futures and the iShares 20+ Year...

A concession has built in emerging markets. The question is whether it is enough. The answer is, probably not. Synchronised global growth in the quarters ahead can and should prove supportive, as...

Wednesday is the next FOMC Meeting. What if the 10-year yield continues to climb heading into Wednesday's policy statement? Suppose yields backs up to 1.80%. Will Fed Chair Jerome Powell be...

The bond market has had a bad 12 months as interest rates bottomed in March of 2020. Popular government bond ETF (iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)) has lost more than 15% in the past...

Regular readers might recall back at the start of the year I published my 10 Charts to Watch for 2021. The number 2 chart showed the global backlogs indicator, I noted:"(the issue of backlogs) has 2...

The US 2-Year TreasuryThe 2-year Treasury yield at 0.147 currently trades directly under its next vital point at 0.1511. A break above and the range to the next average becomes 0.1511 to 0.9086 or 75...

For the first time in decades market is concerned about inflation Is this a temporary or persistent problem? CPI and Treasury auctions once again the focus of markets Watch the...

Across the yield curve, small speculators have plowed into Treasury short positions.Treasury Bear FrenzyBloomberg reports Treasuries Bear Frenzy Was the Biggest on Record Last Week. Bond bearishness...

It’s not often that the head the world’s most important central bank recognizes that inflation is heating up while promising not to do much about it anytime soon. But that was Thursday's...

The waterfall decline of bond yields (and interest rates) has been met with an equally steep rally. In fact, the 10-Year US Treasury bond yield is up 131% in 45 weeks, making it the biggest rally in...