Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Quantitative easing in the eurozone to the tune of €1.1 trillion has not raised consumer price inflation as the ECB had expected.But neither bureaucrats nor central planners ever evaluate the...

A quantitative run through of the Swedish fixed income market, starting with the Riksbank and money markets before moving on to government and mortgage bonds. To Read the Entire Report Please Click on...

The US Congress faces a deadlock as the political impasse over lifting the debt ceiling worsens and short-term Treasury bond yields start to rise.Monday saw a sharp increase to selling of short-term...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: 10 Year US Treasury Note CFTC Futures data shows speculators increased long positions 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large 10-year treasury note...

Rising uncertainty about the global economy continues to boost demand for US Treasuries. “It’s all a global growth fear trade,” Priya Misra, head of global rates strategy at TD...

The latest Fed Minutes noted the US is still in fairly good shape. The US consumer continues spending, unemployment is low, retail sales are expanding moderately, and purchases of durable goods...

The yield on the U.S. 10-Year note closed on January 2nd at 2.12%. It hit its year-to-date low of 1.68% a month later and its YTD closing high of 2.50% on June 10th. It closed yesterday back at that...

Inflation expectations have collapsed, so can the Fed really hike? Source: Short Side of Long Unless you have been hiding in a cave (maybe that’s not a bad idea considering the latest market...

This article should be read in conjunction with this weekly equity market review.A rate hike of at least 25 basis points was a done deal a few months ago. But recent global and domestic events have...

DoubleLine Capital’s Jeffrey Gundlach says that it’s too early to start buying junk bonds. Although below-investment-grade fixed-income securities have been sliding for more than a year,...

The above chart from the FRED system shows corporate spreads have widened. The Aaa (red line, left scale) rose from 1.6% to 1.9% since the first of the year while the Baa spread (blue line, right...

One of the early signs that a cycle is about to turn down is disorder in junk bonds. That’s because the companies that issue such bonds are by definition financially and/or operationally weak...

Everyone is so focused on looking at the Fed and whether or not it decides to raise rates by a puny 0.25%, that they are completely overlooking the fact that it is the market’s role to set...