Bonds Analysis & Opinion

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...

You always want to be careful when making blanket statements around any investing topic, but if one studies the math around stock and bond volatility, an easy way to reduce portfolio volatility is to...

This should be short. Remember that credit and equity volatility are strongly related.I am dubious about conditions in the bank loan market because Collateralized Loan Obligations [CLOs] are hot now...

iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury (ARCA:TLT)  

US 10-Year future upside risk to 125-08, maybe 125-155/175An inside Wednesday pattern digestion of the whipsaw Tuesday price action through trend line support for July and the 124-30/28 chart...

Weekly CFTC COT Net Speculator Report Large Speculators' net bearish positions rise to highest level since May 20th at -96,772 contracts U.S. 10-Year Treasuries: Large futures market speculators...

The minutes were released on Wednesday detailing the Federal Reserve’s June policy meeting, with mixed emotions leading the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (ARCA:TLT) to remain range-bound....

In late June, as many participants and the media focused on the fallout from UK Prime Minister Cameron's defeat in trying to object to Juncker's nomination for EC President, the UK became the first...

Weekly CFTC COT Net Speculator Report Large Speculators net bearish positions rise to -69,358 contracts U.S. 10-Year Treasuries: Large futures market speculators added to their net bearish bets in...

Despite ANOTHER strong nonfarm payroll report of +288,000 net new jobs created in June, 2014 by the US economy, the U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield couldn’t crack the 2.66% level.There are a number...

 Downside action in bonds have to do with Wednesday's employment report? Nah. At least not so much. It's Bigger Than That The power of the pattern would suggest bonds have a bigger issue on their...

In May Danish investors net purchased foreign shares and bonds, while foreign investors net purchased Danish shares and bonds. Foreign investors increased their holdings of government bonds, treasury...

Last week was a difficult one for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. On Wednesday and Thursday, the governor and legislature passed a law creating a statutory framework for the Commonwealth’s...

Weekly CFTC COT Net Speculator ReportLarge Speculators net bearish positions fall to lowest level since May 27th10 Year Treasuries: Large futures market speculators decreased their net bearish...