Bonds Analysis & Opinion

German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble believes banks are too overloaded in the sovereign debt of their own countries.Schaeuble also proposes such debt is not “risk free”. Clearly...

This week’s chart comes courtesy of a post from our friends at FT Alphaville. The chart is from BAML and tracks the number of high yield defaults. Default rates are actually just about normal at...

Treasury prices fell Friday for the fifth straight session, pushing yields to their highest level in a month, as strong gains in oil futures and high-yield debt dampened demand for safer assets...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: 10 Year US Treasury Note 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large 10-year treasury note futures traders and speculators bearish positions barely moved last...

All Japanese bonds have a yield under 0.3% as of April 19.Yield on the 40-year bond fell to a record low 0.29%. Yield on the 30-year bond hit a record low 0.285% Japan’s two-year bond yield hit...

Near term U.S. 10-Year note yield outlook:In the Apr 13th email warned of another few days of consolidating, but once again affirmed the bigger picture view since March of eventual new lows below that...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: 10 Year US Treasury Note CFTC Futures data shows speculators decreased bearish bets 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large 10-year treasury note futures...

After seven years, the Federal Reserve finally did the unthinkable by raising the Fed Funds rate by 25 basis points. For years I’ve heard many investors and professionals talk about moving money...

Nominal Treasury yields ended very close to unchanged across the curve Monday, after a modest curve-steepening morning selloff was reversed by midday, and then yields settled into very narrow ranges...

From Sonia 7.000 highs in 1997, February 2009 experienced a first ever break of 1.000 to current price at 0.4665. The turning point in the UK was February 2009, as Sonia traded further first ever lows...

The only commonality in the 2 and 10 year Gilt yields from the 0.384 and 1.368 closes is correlations remain positive throughout monthly averages 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 10 years; however correlations...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: 10 Year US Treasury Note CFTC Futures data shows speculators sharply boosted bearish bets 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large 10-year treasury note...

Treasury yields opened modestly lower coming out of overnight trading Thursday and then saw a good further rally in the New York morning before stabilizing at the day’s best levels through the...

You don’t often see a move like this in a bond market. This long term, high grade corporate bond ETF from SPDR, is up 6.6% in the last month. I chose this chart because of what it shows about...