Bonds Analysis & Opinion

IMF head Christine Legarde announced on Monday that the International Monetary Fund intends to lower its growth forecasts due to emerging-market weakness -- 3.3% "is no longer realistic."Let's keep in...

When Rate hike expectations were squashed by the Fed’s decision to keep rates the same, Bonds rallied up to resistance on Thursday, September 24th, reaching 157 16/32. This is the 50%...

Weekly Large Trader COT Report: 10 Year US Treasury Note CFTC Futures data shows speculators decreased bearish bets for first time in 6 weeks 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large...

As the third quarter comes to an end, we observe municipal bonds, the Federal Reserve (Fed), and interest rates in the spirit of Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra. When you come to a fork in...

Stocks have underperformed bonds since July 2015. Source: Short Side of Long Global stock bear market continues as we have been discussing throughout August, when the called the bottom in US and EM...

Benchmark bond yields of US, Eurozone Nations and Japan dropped sharply last week as bond markets factored in falling growth expectations and lack of inflation/deflation into asset prices.. ECB giving...

If you aspire to achieve acceptable returns from bond investments, the Fed is in no hurry to help you. They have other objectives than ensuring a preservation of purchasing power for buyers of taxable...

Lately, the headlines have been dominated by stories about how badly emerging markets (EMs) are doing.Indeed, EM stock markets are down by as much as a third or more in dollar terms. The iShares MSCI...

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 has since fallen 37 bps to...

Many around the world might be watching interest rates a little closer today, due to the Fed announcement this afternoon. Regardless of what the Fed does this afternoon, how do you make decisions...

As all eyes are on the Federal Reserve, the Treasury market gains a greater focus. Many believe the Fed wants to see the yield curve for U.S. Treasurys slightly begin to rise, without getting too...

The Treasury market’s 2-Year yield yesterday (September 15) broke the ceiling, rising nine basis points to a new four-year high of 0.82%, based on Treasury.gov’s daily data. After...

Rick Santelli, the heated and impassioned CNBC reporter who actually provides some good technical info from the floor of the CME, has been talking about the importance of the closing yield on the...

Too much time and talk is being devoted to when the Fed will make its first Fed Funds rate increase in many years, while too little time and talk is being devoted to how to position for it.Let’s...