Bonds Analysis & Opinion

U.S. Treasury Bonds are still the ultimate winner, in spite of the balance sheet problems the US government faces. As the chart below illustrates, 20+ year Treasury bonds are outperforming every...

A funny thing happened on the way to higher interest rates: yields took a surprising turn lower. The 10-Year Treasury yield yesterday dipped under 2.47%, near the lowest level since a swoon in...

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...

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...

If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there with ya. - Cowboy saying The Treasury market continues to ignore the sharp shouts of rising...

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...

Chart 1: The long maturity end of the bond market has rebounded in ’14… Long Bond Performance Source: Short Side of Long Coming into 2014, just about every trader, investor, economist,...

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...