Bonds Analysis & Opinion

With over $900 billion invested into bond funds by mom-and-pop investors since the global financial crisis, the great law of unintended consequence is gearing up to rear its ugly head. Once again,...

For the fifth straight month Danish investors net purchased both foreign shares and bonds. Foreign investors further increased their portfolio of Danish shares and also net purchased Danish bonds...

Is the sky going to fall because junk bonds fall 1.4%? Junk Bond ETF (ARCA:JNK) has been in the news of late, due to recent softness. Should we be concerned? Some seem to think so. The lower inset...

U.S. 10-Year Treasuries: Large futures market speculators trimmed their net bearish bets in the 10-year treasury note futures for the second straight week last, according to the latest Commitment of...

The link below is a download of our/my internal spreadsheet noting the history of the last few years' worth of S&P 500 corrections: SP500corrections Note how in 2014 we’ve seen two very...

We are forwarding an interview done with ETF.com. We thank them for permission to share it with our readers. Dennis Hudachek of ETF.com was kind enough to spend considerable time in this interview...

With each passing day it seems the bearishness towards bonds refuses to ease. Surveys by economists still show a heightened distrust for the Treasury market, even though prices have marched higher for...

Here on Slope, we’ve been watching CBOE 10-Year Treasury Note Yield Index and iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury (ARCA:TLT) for quite some time, waiting for a definitive move. Interest...

U.S. 10-Year future upside risk to 125-235 and then 126-00 for latter JulyErratic activity Tuesday, but the dip and bounce held above initial support at 125-01 to maintain upside pressures.The...

For the first time in nearly a year there is trouble brewing in bond land:HYG – High-Yield Corporate Bond ETF S&P 500 vs. HYG vs. PowerShares Leveraged Loan ETF (TO:BKL) This could be...

As we move into the second half of 2014, the Federal Reserve has continued to reduce its stimulus measures intended to boost the U.S. economy. Just last week we heard rumors from Fed officials that if...

Coming into 2014, yields had just experienced the largest 18-month rally in 30 years. On January 24, the Power of the Pattern said their was a two-thirds chance bond prices would rally and yields...

Weekly CFTC COT Net Speculator Report | 10 Year US Treasury Note Large Speculators net bearish positions fall to a total of -53,626 contractsU.S. 10-Year Treasuries: Large futures market speculators...

Fading Strong Employment ReportsThe trend in the bond markets the last several months, and basically all of 2014 has been to buy bonds in the dead periods of econ reports, or the econ reports that...