Bonds Analysis & Opinion

When it comes to trading, I am all about “quantifying” things. Still, the fact remains that a lot of useful information can be gleaned from simple observations. Take the chart in Figure 1...

Yields exceeding 2.50% -- and then 3.05% -- will be the game changer in the 10-year Treasury market.10-year Treasury yields Chart: Investing.com

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

Income investors are naturally drawn to bonds. After all, they provide guaranteed income for minimal risk.However, bonds can be problematic when yields are expected to rise. At the moment, short-term...

Markets are pricing in a very slim chance rates will go up in 2015Source: Short Side of Long The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) has been a bunch of busy bees this week, as they meet to...

Are We or Aren’t We at Full Employment?The changing nature of the US labor market continues to confuse analysts. Robert Waldmann at Angry Bear argues the low level of unemployment claims and...

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...

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...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: 10 Year US Treasury Note CFTC Futures data shows speculators now in small bearish position 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large 10-year treasury note...

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...